Julius Lester is a wonderful storyteller and has written books based on folktales, true stories, and legends. Shining is a wholly imaginative creation of Lester's. Shining is a story about the journey of a soul who learns that our most important connection to others is not in talking but in listening. The story begins in a mountain village where a black girl was born and named Shining. Shining was silent and did not cry, laugh, or speak. All she did was listen. The villagers feared and shunned her. Shining remained silent and waited for the right moment, that won her place as their leader of the village. This story is much like the story of the ugly duckling who is rejected by the other ducks but then becomes a leader.
Other books by Julius Lester include:
- How Many Spots Does a Leopard Have and Other Tales
- The Long Journey Home
- John Henry
- The Knee-High Man and Other Tales
- All Is Well
- Black Cowboy Wild Horses
- This Strange New Feeling
- Sam and the Tigers
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