Nathan's Story
A deserving follow-up to Hartwell's masterpiece,Atom Heart John Beloved."There is a reason Luke Hartwell is a Rainbow Award winning author: Atom Heart John Beloved and Nathan's Story speak for themselves and are all the proof you need as to why. They are passionate and provocative books, written with the intent to explore beliefs, to challenge the status quo, to question what it means to love [...] every word on every page, as painful as they sometimes are, are one-hundred percent necessary to the story, never gratuitous, so my recommendation comes with that caveat. For me, it simply made the experience all the more rewarding." - Lisa Horan,The Novel Approach"If you haven't read Atom Heart John Beloved, by all means read that book first. If youhave read AHJB, then you must read Nathan's Story. The two books work off each other to create a spell. Just as John said in AHJB, "I never felt better about myself than when I saw myself through Nathan's eyes," Hartwell manages to convey a clearer picture of each boy by having them tell their own story, revealing all their faults, then having us look at each boy through his friend's eyes."That each boy is more forgiving of the other's faults than each is of his own leads readers to realizations of what true love means. These are literate, powerful novels that fit no genre stereotypes. Hartwell has created great literature by being thoroughly original in his vision and astonishingly beautiful in his prose." - Marcus Parr, Go Reviews