Those Who Hold the Threads

"Jane Smith has a decision to make. Will she accept her destiny? I can only hope and wish that your destiny includes reading this fine, spell-binding new novel by Joyce Allen l. How will you be changed? Open the pages of Those Who Hold the Threads to find out." Nancy Peacock - author of A Broom of One's Own Jane Smith, thirteen-going-on-fourteen-going-on-ageless, leads us into the fascinating other-world of those who hold "the threads" (all of our lives) through computers that are and yet are not ordinary laptops. Jane draws near to her fourteenth birthday-her Qualification-with a large question looming: will she accept her Destiny? As Jane ponders this life-altering decision, she meets Adam Night. Beneath his handsome veneer lurks a chilling villain who thwarts Jane's techno-savvy friend, Jinx, in a series of lightning-fast battles for control of the threads. Who will prevail? Read this wonderful book to find out. -Anna Jean Mayhew, author of The Dry Grass of August This book is a fun interpretation of Greek mythology in real life. It is a zesty adventure that will make you want to read more! Emme Redick, Student, Jordan High School, Durham, NC Joyce Allen's imagination is vast....and deep.....and wide and I will follow her people and her world anywhere she wants to take me. What a read! What a romp of storytelling! Ruth Moose, award winning writer, poet and teacher