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Lightning Butterflies: Catching the Teleportation Bug

Lightning Butterflies: Catching the Teleportation Bug

Current price: $19.99
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Publication Date: August 5th, 2022
Publisher:
Independently Published
ISBN:
9798844075896
Pages:
200
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Staff Reviews

SILVER WINNER OF THE 2023 ICBA

Young Adult Christian Fiction Category!  

— ICBA JUDGE PANEL

Rev. James Darnell, Jr. spent his life traveling with his missionary parents to Africa.  This fictional book contains remnants of real life situations, intertwined with fictional flair in order to create a very unique story.  Some things you wouldn't think were true, were and other things you would think were true, weren't.  

The imaginative journey this story takes the reader on is one worth going on.  This is unlike any book, and through even the oddest parts, God is still the lesson within each fictional experience.    When you think your day is a bit tough, read how the characters in Lightning Butterflies encountered a Puff Adder, a Green Mamba and Army Ants, and suddenly your day is put into perspective and it doesn't look as bad as originally thought.  

The cultural rituals and beliefs of the African setting really stand out and form a unique framework for this entertaining Christian book about salvation.  

  STAFF PICK and Recommended by the ICBA Panel of Judges! 

— ICBA JUDGE PANEL

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Description

What would you do if you were visiting West Africa, your daughter back in America was threatened, and you got kidnapped?

With only the clues of lightning, a butterfly, the historical accounts of appearing and disappearing, and the stories of the faith of a missionary long since gone, Red hoped to unravel the mystery to rescue himself and his daughter Amy. In the United States, Amy wondered how she could save her pa and herself while being on the run from bullies, crooks, and the police, but her most maddening challenge was a guy named Zach.

Uncommon Answers to Common Problems - Miracle dependent is not trying to solve life's answers, but allowing God to lead His way.

  • 2023 - GOLD WINNER - FICTION RELIGIOUS - Literary Global Book Award
  • 2023 - GOLD - TEEN FICTION - Christian Book Award
  • 2023 - GOLD - ADULT FICTION - Christian Book Award
  • 2023 - GOLD - SCIENCE FICTION - Christian Book Award
  • 2023 - OFFICIAL SELECTION - Christian Book Award
  • 2023 - FINALIST (SILVER) - CHRISTIAN INSPIRATIONAL - American Fiction Awards
  • 2023 - DISTINGUISHED FAVORITE (SILVER) - RELIGION FICTION - NYC Big Book Award
  • 2023 - DISTINGUISHED FAVORITE (SILVER) - RELIGION FICTION - Independent Press Award
  • 2023 - SILVER - YOUNG ADULT FICTION - Inscriptions Christian Book Awards
  • 2023 - STAFF PICK - Inscriptions Christian Book Awards
  • 2023 - WINNER - YOUNG ADULT FICTION - Purple Dragonfly
  • 2022 - WINNER - FICTION NOVEL - Royal Dragonfly
  • 2022 - WINNER - SPIRITUAL RELIGION - Royal Dragonfly
  • 2023 - WINNER - BOOK COVER - The Bookfest Awards
  • 2023 - BRONZE - CHRISTIAN SUSPENSE - The Bookfest Awards
  • 2023 - FINALISTS - BEST CHILDREN'S BOOK 8-12 - Reader's Choice Awards
  • 2023 - FINALISTS - BEST TEEN BOOK - Reader's Choice Awards

Born in Dallas, Jim spent his childhood in West Africa as a missionary kid. Jim has pastored three churches and serves as a missionary to Ivory Coast. A teacher of 24 years in math, French, and Spanish. His university degrees are a BS in Mathematics, a Master of Divinity, a Master of Secondary Education, and a Master of Educational Technology.

Jim currently teaches in Loving, New Mexico, USA. Jim and Dawn Renee are currently working on opening the Darnell Seminary School.

Dawn Renee Darnell is a member of the Advanced Writers and Speakers Association (AWSA), Christian Indie Publishing Association (CIPA), and a member and Juror for The Academy of Interactive & Visual Arts (AIVA); she judges the Communicator, Davey, and w3 awards. She is also an artist and a photographer. Her work has been in exhibits in Art Basel, Expo Metro, and in galleries in Switzerland, Italy, Germany, Greece, Spain, and New York Times Square. Mrs. Darnell has won 37 international photography awards. She has been honored in Marquis Who's Who, Marquis Top Professional, Millennium Magazine, Artist Closup Magazine and Blog, and in the Top 100 Magazine.

Dawn Renee is an Ordained Minister and a Disaster Relief Chaplain.

Together, Jim and Dawn Renee have won 52 book awards.