This study examines the children s books of three extraordinary British writers J.K. Rowling, Diana Wynne Jones, and Terry Pratchett and investigates their sophisticated use of narrative strategies not only to engage children in reading, but to educate them into becoming mature readers and indeed individuals. The book demonstrates how in quite different ways these writers establish reader expectations by drawing on conventions in existing genres only to subvert those expectations. Their strategies lead young readers to evaluate for themselves both the power of story to shape our...

"Fetters of a Mind-Set" is about a young man who fought against family tradition and decided not to follow in the footsteps of his father and grandfather in order to do something very different and totally unheard of. It was to be a step towards his finding the Bible and his discovery of what the Word was and is. It is a journey through the seasons as he comes to terms with himself and those around him, and it describes how he finally gives himself to the true God the creator.