Julu by Jan Anderegg

Julu by Jan Anderegg

There is a magical land just beyond our imaginations called Jirvania; where stories grow. Muse faeries gather ripened story-pearls and carry them to writers, musicians, and poets here in our world. In the heart of Jirvania stands The Great Library, where every story is collected by the library's guardian, Karel. This library is a portal to other times and places where one can step into stories and experience them first hand. Homework has never been such fun.

When eleven-year-old Jack Lemoine finds an opal dragon egg in Mystic, Connecticut, he discovers the real world is not what he thought.
Dragons, unicorns, faeries, centaurs, and countless others do exist. Unfortunately, so do witches, ogres, goblins, and monsters, and they want Jack dead, yesterday.

It has been prophesied he will one day save Jirvania, with the help of a magical opal dragon, Julu, but evil disrupts time itself, leading to the annihilation of Jirvania, seven years before Jack comes of age. Imagination ceases to exist. Libraries, art galleries, concert halls, and theme parks vanish. Our lives become meaningless and empty.

Jirvania's lone survivor, Karel receives a visitor from the stars, urging him to change the story.

Meanwhile, back in Mystic, Jack and his friend, Mia are thrown into a fantastical adventure when Julu hatches and takes them back in time to protect them.
Through her stories, they learn that family, friendship, and love are the threads that bind us together, no matter who or what we are and hope is often found in the most unexpected places.

Can Karel change the story and save our imaginations?

Anderegg, Jan: - Jan Anderegg, author of Julu, has lived a fascinating life. In her lifetime, she has lived in England, Spain, Australia and the United States, earning a living as a fruit picker, store clerk, telemarketer, Registered Nurse and most recently, working with adults with disabilities. She lives in a large empty nest with her husband on a farm, filled with chickens, horses, cats, two dogs and a pet turkey named Gabbie. She loves spending time with her adult children and grandchildren, growing vegetables, playing video games with cute animals in them, and traveling to magical places here on earth, like Walt Disney World, where she gains much inspiration. When she's not writing, she's reading, listening to audio books, or visualizing her next story in her over-active mind. Jan believes kindness and love will one day save the world. Readers tell her they would love to live in Jirvania, and don't tell anyone, but Jan would too. In fact, if she ever comes up missing, you'll probably find her in The Great Library, sipping hot cocoa with marshmallows, curled up next to an opal dragon with kind eyes, listening to stories come alive in the world of imagination. You can reach Jan at julu.imaginationisforever@gmail.com

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ISBN 13	9781642372045
ISBN 10	1642372048
Title	Julu
Author	Jan Anderegg
Series	Julu
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Gatekeeper Press
Year published	2018-04-27
Number of pages	348
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.