Jade

Publisher Marketing: It is the last Monday of the school year, and fourteen-year-old Jade Baker, could not be more excited. Besides it being a three day week, it is also her last day at Brunson Junior High School. Besides saying good bye to the eighth grade, Jade will also be saying goodbye to the bullying and torment that she endured the last three years. At this point, it is only natural that Jade thinks nothing could rain on her parade. However, things are not always as they seem. During lunch, Jade is attacked by her boyfriend and some of his teammates from the football team. The injuries are so bad, that they land Jade in the hospital. They have also left Jade with minor brain damage and Epilepsy. Even though she feels discouraged, she also feels strong and hopeful. As she will soon learn, never losing hope has it's advantages. When some long time best friends come to visit Jade in the hospital, she is given an educational opportunity that has the power to make her future the brightest that it can be. In this story of pain, recovery, change, hope, and finding the light at the end of a dark tunnel, follow a young girl on her journey of finding out the amazing things that can happen when you don't lose hope. Contributor Bio:  Anderson, Lindsay In cinema and in theatre, Lindsay Anderson was one of the most innovative, independent and influential directors of the twentieth century. With classic films like "This Sporting Life", "If..., "and "O Lucky Man! "he established and electrifying new wave in British cinema, while in the theatre he first staged such groundbreaking plays as "Serjeant Musgrave's Dance", "Home "and "What The Butler Saw". His "Diaries" were published by Methuen Drama in 2004" "and are at once the intimate record of a remarkable man fiercely opposed to the political and cultural establishment of his time; a candid account of his personal and public struggles, his visionary work and troubled relationships; and an indispensable history of the artistic revolution he helped to shape.'He was a brilliant writer, with great observational and analytic gifts, a charismatic figure who commanded the attention of a generation of serious cinephiles, a person of warmth, charm and integrity who attracted a loyal band of actors and other associates' - Philip French, Observer