Books with author John G. Thomson

This is a story for ESL students overseas. It is to be read by advanced students, but it is divided up into sections. It can be read one section per week if the students don't have much time. It is about a boy that writes a story to raise money to help his friends family. His friend moves to NY from PA, but will move back before the fall. Both boys are only ten years old in the story, from the present day.

Lisa, a 3rd Grader, is sad. Her school is closing. She wants to do something to keep the memory of her school alive. Her mother, who is the Vice-President of the PTA, (Parent's -Teacher's Association). They get many parents to put on a bake sale to raise money to help out a Children's room at a library. The money they raise through what becomes more than a bake sale, changes the Children's room. It gets improvements that are two decades overdue. At the end of the book, three words on a plaque on the wall of the Children's room at the library shows Lisa that she did a good thing.This book is for younger readers (2nd to 4th grade). They might need help to understand some of the words. It was written to show girls that they can make a difference in this world.If you like the story, please comment on it. Thank you.

Byeong, an 8th grader in a private school in Korea is given a chance to get his dead twin back. He finds out that changing the past could be dangerous. The boy that gave him the chance goes back and makes the ultimate sacrifice to save Byeong's brother, knowing that he will see Byeong and Yeong again, but it will a different version of themselves. At the end of the story you come to find that the boy that went back in time had written it as a story, but you're not sure what was real and what was fiction.

Two boys come to stay at a youth home where there is already a 12 year old girl Chris (also 12) and his younger brother called Cap (age 8) all the children have secrets, and hidden pain. Cap doesn't talk for awhile because of physical abuse. He only speaks when his brother gets sick. He is taken to the hospital and the sexual abuse from his mother's live in boyfriend comes to light. He is tested for HIV (negative). The children go exploring in the woods, and find a treasure that will help their new "mom" Ms. Lee, save the home where they live. 10 years later Chris and Beth will get married. (7000 + words)

This is a short story for teachers of English as a Second Language. It is about a teenager named Kevin that is given the chance to go back in time for one hour. While he is in the past he can help his grandfather out, and affect his grandfather's future. The story would take many days, depending on the reading skills of the students in class. (I thought of the idea for students in countries like Korea and Japan, where stories with characters their ages, written on an easy level, can be tough to find).After the story there are discussion questions. If you could change the past, should you? It is for an ESL classroom. It is written on a level that American children that know English already would find to easy.

Young Kim, a 13 year old from North Carolina, gets the chance to travel in time one summer day. He meets his future self, along with his future son and wife. He is witnessed to by his son about sin, salvation, and the Saving Grace of Jesus.When attending a revival service, he sees his future self get shot on stage. He wakes up back in the woods where he disappeared from, and wonders if it had been a real trip or just a dream.When he grows up, things seem to happen just as they did the first time, or nearly like they had. He is a minister and his younger self comes for a visit. Will he die in the revised future or will he live?

This is a short story about three teenagers. Joon Soo, Jung, and Susan. They are linked in ways they would never guess at first. Two of them have lived a couple of times, changing their history so changing their destinies. They are meant for each other, and the third is their future. When they find out that they are destined to be married one day, they don't know if that is what they truly want. They are to fight a coming darkness the US will go through in the future. It will be up to the three of them, but they have to pass Summer School first.This is the first of a series of five short stories.10,000+ words

A couple days before his death, Min Kyu gives the final story he had written to his English teacher. It is a story called "Witness for Jesus", about an 18 year old in the states that is graduating from community college and meets a woman that is dying from Cancer. The woman takes him to Hawaii for the weekend, to see if he is worthy of using her money. He is a Christian, and after the woman dies and leaves him her money, he tells himself he is going to use it to be a witness to others for Jesus.Sam, the boy in the main story, becomes friends with an orphan that turns out to his long lost cousin he didn't know he had. He helps rescue his mother from his dad that is abusive. All during these adventures, his faith in God doesn't waver. Even when the devil tries to inhabit some of his and his cousin's dreams, they don't lose faith.After reading the story, Min Kyu's teacher realizes that it was written so that the boy could experience adventures that he would never in his short life. His English makes a vow after he finds the boy has died (of cancer), to publish the story so others will remember the name Min Kyu.

This is a collection of three stories, two of which have been E-Published on Amazon, but one that is new. Written for Christian children overseas that are leaning English. Simple in ideas, but could be used in learning English for foreign children.1- The Time BridgeA boy learns from his future son that Jesus is the only way to Salvation.2- The New Breed Two boys, troublemakers, are taught by a new teacher using Virtual Reality. They find out how smart they can get from the new way of learning. Just who is this teacher? One day they will find out when their life history comes full circle.3- Small in Stature / Big in DreamsA small, short Asian American 11 year old boy, gets the chance to visit a computer company that works on space missions. He helps save a mission, and learns that no matter what his size, he can do big things.Children should never be told they can't achieve much because of their age. Yes, some of the characters are a little bit over the top, but when I was a child, so was my imagination.

This is a short stories of short stories. Three short stories that can be read in an evening (all three together make a little over 9000 words.) 1 Wanted Dead or Alive , A young man is talking to a counselor, about his older brother that is in jail for killing another student by accident. He talks about how his brother had written an Ebook for Amazon, and how it had made them some money. Then one of the students at school started a flame war, negative comments about the book online. When his brother was confronted on the stairs at school, he pushed the boy down, and he died. The one thing this boy talking to the counselor won't mention, is that there is one piece of the puzzle he can't talk about. When it is told to him, will he admit it, or will he break under the strain?2. Change the Past, Change the FutureShawn is off sick, and is given a tablet PC by his father. He winds up using it to speak with his son in the future. Both boys are 15 years old, and the one will save the others life, and save the family in the future.3. One More Moment With YouYuri is 18 and from Japan, on vacation for two weeks to the USA. He goes to a carnival and hooks up with a girl that is going to be riding a Ferris wheel. They become friends and even sing in a singing contest. He then has to leave her, because who he is, is discovered by some girls in the audience. Just when he says goodbye to the girl he meets, the girl thinks she'll never hear from him again, except maybe through e-mail. 6 months later she is in college and will get a surprise from him that she never expects coming.

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