Soular Eclipse

by Judy Colella

Rowan Kenton is the son of a wealthy Boston Congressman. He's also a 15-year-old genius who is studying pre-law at the University in Boston. His desire to become a legal advocate for the poor is admirable, but, as his father points out, involves a reality far outside his sphere of understanding. Acknowledging his ignorance, Rowan decides to run away from home and live penniless and alone on the streets of lower Manhattan for one year to obtain a different - and more realistic - education in the harsher aspects of life. Survival will depend on his heart, determination, and basic love for others. What he learns will either make him strong - or destroy him completely.

527 pages, ebook

First published May 22, 2013

About the author

Born and raised in New York, adopted at age 3, one brother, also adopted, more cats than common sense as a child, loved to tell stories (on several levels), started writing in the 5th grade, enjoyed writing at work (typing 130 wpm makes it easy to pull this off - get the real work done by noon, then have fun, heh-heh), got married and moved to Florida, has a husband and three children, currently gets woken up by the very wet nose of a German Shepherd, continues to write, make music, drive people nuts...life is good.

Reviews

[Rebecca · Rating 4 out of 5]

Judy Colella is one of my favorite Indie authors - She knows how to write a story worth reading! Her characters are always interesting and at the same time love-able. I often find myself reading half the book without even feeling like time has passed. Soular Eclipse is no exception - it's well written, the plot is smooth and moves along quickly. The main character, Rowan, is a brilliant young man who is often misunderstood by his family and bullied by his peers. He decides that he won't really know anything about living until he begins his life - so he leaves his fancy, upper class family to live on the streets of New York City. He wants to become a legal advocate for the poor, but he doesn't know anything about them. His expectations of poverty and lower class are at once confirmed and also completely shattered by what he learns. He finds out just how hard "real life" can be, and just how much determination and courage a person must have if they are going to find love and happiness in a world filled with hate, anger, distrust and even violence. Poignant and clever, this is Judy Colella at her best.