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The Loose End of the Rainbow
A Novel by D. B. Pacini
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Native American Proverb
Treat the earth well: it was not given to you by your parents;
it was loaned to you by your children. We do not inherit the earth
from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children.
Dedicated To All Children:
Red, Yellow, Brown, Black, and White
Especially Mia Riley Valentina Christensen
My hope is that your imagination will always be your sanctuary.
This story is set in a time long ago, many generations before Columbus brought back word
to Europe that there was a land where proud native peoples lived. This land would become the United
States of America. For the sake of clarification, I call the New World clan from White Eagle's village
Native American Indians, but this story is set in a time before America was called America.
A tribe of nineteen Native American children, between the ages of ten-months and
seventeen-years, along with some other small clans of courageous red, yellow, brown,
black, and white children, from all four corners of the earth, embark on a daunting
journey to the loose end of the rainbow.
Their parents, and all the adults in their tribes, disappear in the night, when a
mysterious fever sweeps across the world. Their journey is difficult and sometimes
dangerous. The clans are led by White Eagle and Paints-With-Words, who are both seventeen.
White Eagle and Paints-With-Words have supernatural powers, because they were born at
the loose end of the rainbow. The clans encounter intimidating and treacherous challenges:
venomous snakes, evil tricksters, monsters, and harsh weather. They are befriended by eight
kindhearted universal knights, who roam the world protecting the innocent.
This story is fictional, except for the part that is true.
YOUTH DREAM TEAM
If you are a young person who loves to read I invite you to become a member of my Youth Dream Team. If
you read my manuscript I will put your supportive quote on my website with your photograph and a short summary
about you. You must email me your short summary and a web-quality photograph with your quote. As soon as the book
is published I will send you a free signed copy if you are a member of the Youth Dream Team. All you must
pay for is the postage to mail the book.
If you are under eighteen I must have written permission from your parent or legal guardian. Everyone under
eighteen will be listed without their last name and without their city name. With your personal summary
will be your supportive quote and your photograph. The quote does not have to be super long. Please review the
Youth Dream Team section on the Endorsements page of this website to see the supportive quotes
already listed. But, write what you think and what you feel. What other people share is what they think. I want
to know what you think, in your own words.
This novel can be read by younger youth (and by adults) but it was specifically written for Jr. High to young
adult aged youth. I know that foster kids generally cannot be pictured or listed on a website. That is fine.
Any interested youth may participate in this free reading project. Being put on my website is not required.
Warmest Regards,
D. B. Pacini
Email:
Pacini.Novelist@gmail.com
csgogh@yahoo.com
Exciting Update---August, 2008:
The Loose End of the Rainbow has secured a terrific publisher, Singing Moon Press. Publication is
expected before 2009. Additional information will be listed here as soon as possible. SMP publishes four titles
each year with an emphasis on socially responsible, multicultural stories. They donate at least 10% of profits
from retail to charities approved by each author.
Singing Moon Press
I will donate 10% of the profits from The Loose End of the Rainbow to a worthy non-profit organization
that helps to educate on diversity and issues of tolerance, Web of Life Enterprises, Inc. WOLE seeks to bring
some justice and comfort to those who are suffering on Indian reservations in South Dakota. Money, goods, and
services are all required to bring change there, to better the housing, to bring warm clothing and blankets to the
elderly, and to provide boots and coats to children in a place where winter seems to begin just after it has
ended. All the funds WOLE receives from my donation will be specifically spent on the essential needs of children and
young adults living on the Rosebud Reservation.
Web of Life Enterprises, Inc.
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