The Ranatanland Tales - Chiasson, Lloyd
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In the midst of Hurricane Isla, 9-year-old Gus experiences fear, excitement, and adventure, both because of the hurricane but also because of four stories of adventure and fantasy his great grandfather not only wrote but also swore were true. A mind-reading dragon with a weight problem, a talking tree, and two most unlikely young adventurers, Willie G Soon and Joey Perch, are just some of the characters that inhabit the remarkable and humorous world of Ranatanland. But it all becomes real when his grandfather begins to read the stories, Gus is magically transported to Ranatanland to take part…mehr

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Produktbeschreibung
In the midst of Hurricane Isla, 9-year-old Gus experiences fear, excitement, and adventure, both because of the hurricane but also because of four stories of adventure and fantasy his great grandfather not only wrote but also swore were true. A mind-reading dragon with a weight problem, a talking tree, and two most unlikely young adventurers, Willie G Soon and Joey Perch, are just some of the characters that inhabit the remarkable and humorous world of Ranatanland. But it all becomes real when his grandfather begins to read the stories, Gus is magically transported to Ranatanland to take part in Willie G and Joey's adventures. As Gus and his grandparents huddle in their wood-frame house to wait out the hurricane, one question haunts young Gus: Could the stories possibly be true? It is a question that is not answered until Gus tries to follow the steps his great grandfather took so many years ago.
Autorenporträt
Dr. Lloyd Chiasson Jr. is a Distinguished Professor at Nicholls State University in Thibodaux, Louisiana. He has written two novels, and also wrote and edited five academic texts. Along with The Ranatanland Tales, his other novel was Stutterstep, published in 2004. His academic work includes Illusive Shadows: Press Coverage of Socially Significant Trials (2003), Three Centuries of American Media (1999), The Press on Trial (1997), The Press in Crisis (1995), Reporter's Notebook (1993). His other academic works include more than 100 published articles. Dr. Chiasson is also a two-time Fulbright Scholar who taught in Riga, Latvia (1999) and Semarang, Indonesia (2008). He has 20 years professional experience as a newspaper journalist and has worked in Vermont and in Louisiana for various newspapers as a sports writer, news writer, and columnist. Dr. Chiasson has taught at six universities: the University of Southern Mississippi (Hattiesburg, Mississippi), Loyola University (New Orleans), The University of Southwestern Louisiana (Lafayette), and Nicholls State University (Thibodaux). Dr. Chiasson is married to Mary Shannon Curley and they have two daughters, Marnie Elizabeth and Cassidy Loehn, each, in her own way, greatly contributed to the The Ranatanland Tales. Dr. Chiasson presently lives in Thibodaux, Louisiana.