彩虹照耀

简介

To mas, a frail, shy eight- year -old boy,

 has been living a s olitary life in a drab o
rpha nage s ad, friendless and alone. Then a
 joyous burst of colour c omes in
to his worl d: Maire O'Donnell, whose sm 
ile a nd sp  i
r
it
 light u p the darkest room and Tom as's heart. Before he knows it, Tomas i s on a boat, s ailing to wind-swept Corrie Island off the coas
t of Ir el and,  where he meets Al ec , her reticent husband who  cannot h
ide his di
sappointm ent with t h
e boy.Undiscouraged, Ma
ire introduces T
omas the wonders of
 his new world. She

share
s with h im the secret of 
 the seals, t h e myst 
ery of   the stone giant and shows him that  y ou can find   m agic anyw
here- i
f you re  ally l ook. In this r ugged and enchant i
n g world, Tomas thri
ves. He befriends a pair of island childr 
e n and re scue s
 an or
 phan seal pup who join him on his  journey of self-discover y. Slowl y, Alec too begins
 to see in Tomas what Maire always has.But when tra gedy strikes, T om as i
s face d with his greatest  challen
ge ye t, for

he will los e  eve

ryth ing unless h e can find a
nd s  hare th e magic  that&
#39; s  inside hi m. Ri sk ing al l, T omas embark s on a perilou s journey w here he will need t
 o call o
n all of Maire' s gifts to triumph and come hom e.A Shine of R
ainbows is 
 a  story abou t the tr ansfo rmati onal 
 power  of 
love- about finding acceptance, discovering m agic, an d abo
ut realizing that rai
nbows are all around y
ou and
withi n yo u , too.