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Smelling the Sky is a full
length novel which will be published, for the first time, here on
the School of the New Spirituality website.
The book is about David Fuller, a twelve year-old boy who is
convinced that everyone blames him for his little sister’s death.
He feels angry, guilty, and isolated. Things only get worse when
his parents suddenly sell the house and move to a new neighborhood
in a new town. He hopes a new school will grant him a new start,
but quickly finds he does not fit in. His only friends are his
weird neighbor and the thug everyone else is afraid
of. David becomes a target of the most popular kid in school and
begins getting in more and more trouble until eventually, he and his
friends are sent to Evergreen Participatory Rehabilitation and
Education Program, where the motto is, “building minds, bodies, and
character all at once.” It is here, with the help of
his friends, some horses and a couple of tigers, he learns that life
is not something that happens to him, it is something that springs
from his own choices about what to do, think, and feel.
Every two to three weeks, a new Episode consisting of two or three
chapters will be posted to the website. After reading each Episode,
you will then have the chance to post your own reactions to the
Episode discussing whether anyone or anything in the story reminds
you of someone or something in your own life, and what aspects of
the characters and their actions highlight the principles of peace
and oneness in the School of New Spirituality.
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