Description
Description
"There are kinda heroic teens confronting mysterious symbols from the other side (maybe?). It's absolutely everything you'd want in a YA novel and then some." -Josh Berk, Edgar Award nominee, author of The Dark Days of Hamburger Halpin
Fourteen-year-old Kirby Renton is a gifted theatre kid who wants to fix things: his dads' marriage, his younger brother's epilepsy. When ten-year-old Baxter's seizures start involving visits from "the lightning people," who descend from the sky and show him strange symbols, Kirby knows he needs to protect his brother, but how? He thinks he's found the answer when the neurologist advises his family to consider a seizure-alert dog, but the cost is too much for his family to afford.
Determined to raise the money himself, Kirby enlists his best friends and a crew of brilliant teens from his theatre troupe to put on a play in his epic forest of a backyard. At first, the play brings its own pressures as the drama between Kirby's dads worsens and his fears for his brother intensify. But little does Kirby know of the magic that awaits him and his friends-and the portals that will open-from his daring to make a difference.
From the award-winning author of Alice the Cat comes another intriguing tale set in the fictional town of Weirville, where more strange magic transforms the lives of the inimitable teens who live there.
Critical Reviews
Critical Reviews
"Kirby uses his passion for theater to write and produce a play to raise money for a seizure alert dog, with help from a ragtag team of fellow theater kids. He's determined to save Baxter before the lightning people arrive. Little do they know that the play will surpass their wildest dreams....A heartfelt story about family." -Kirkus Reviews
"There are kinda heroic teens confronting mysterious symbols from the other side (maybe?). It's absolutely everything you'd want in a YA novel and then some." -Josh Berk, Edgar Award nominee, author of The Dark Days of Hamburger Halpin
"Tim Cummings weaves vivid, gripping tales filled with heart and irreverent humor, and told in an electric, irresistible voice. They're pure fun to read and The Lightning People Play is a perfect showcase for his talents." -Jeff Zentner, Morris-Award winning author of The Serpent King and In The Wild Light
"Sheer magic. The magic of the theatre, the magic of community, the magic of being one's truest self all shimmer from the page like stars. This book will change lives-it's a breathtaking celebration of creativity and neurodivergence and connection. The Lightning People Play will forever sizzle inside me." -Gayle Brandeis, award-winning author of The Art of Misdiagnosis and My Life with The Lincolns
"Cummings writes with a sensitivity and poetic rhythm that makes every moment sparkle. The Lightning People Play is a beautiful, brave novel about love, loss, and creativity, perfect for readers who believe that stories can heal, and that sometimes the impossible is closer than we think." -Readers' Favorite
"Their mutual passion for staging, acting, interpretative dance, and improvisation helps to turn a medical crisis into a magical, out-of-this-world experience of lights, symbolism, and emotion that had me mesmerized reading it." -Bookshine and Readbows
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