Books with title Rae of Hope

How hard do you have to shake the family tree to find the truth about the past? Fifteen year-old Rae Kerrigan never really knew her family's history. Her mother and father died when she was young and it is only when she accepts a scholarship to the prestigious Guilder Boarding School in England that a mysterious family secret is revealed. Will the sins of the father be the sins of the daughter? As Rae struggles with new friends, a new school and a star-struck forbidden love, she must also face the ultimate challenge: receive a tattoo on her sixteenth birthday with specific powers that may bind her to an unspeakable darkness. It's up to Rae to undo the dark evil in her family's past and have a ray of hope for her future.

On 23 June 1985, Dr Chandrasekhar Sankurathri was to see his world torn apart—his wife, son and daughter were all on the ill-fated Air India Kanishka flight from Toronto. It was a tragedy beyond anyone’s worst nightmares. But, as Helen Keller said, ‘Although the world is full of suffering, it is full also of the overcoming of it.’ There is no better example of this than in the path Dr Sankurathri chose thereafter. Channelling his grief into social endeavours, he returned to Kakinada in Andhra Pradesh and started a school, and then an eye hospital, for rural people. A Ray of Hope is his story — the inspiring journey of one man’s decision to set aside his despair, and make a difference with his life.

How hard do you have to shake a family tree to find out the truth about the past? Fifteen-year-old Rae Kerrigan never questioned her family’s history. That is until she accepted a scholarship to Guilder Boarding School in England. Guilder is an exclusive, gifted school. Rae has no idea what she is getting herself into or that her family’s past is going to come back and taunt her. She learns she is part of an unparalleled group of individuals who become inked with a unique tattoo (tatu) on their sixteenth birthday. The tatu enables them to have supernatural powers particular to the shape of their ink-art. Both of her parents were inked, though Rae never knew, as they passed away when she was young. Learning about her family's past, her evil father and sacrificial mother, Rae needs to decide if there is a ray of hope in her own life.

This is a book about a man named Aladdin, the son of a rich king, who falls on hard times but eventually overcomes many obstacles. His love for his sister Tamar and their loyalty to each other touches the hearts of its readers. They are not left alone. Support comes from unexpected sources and as they battle against the odds we are left wondering chapter after chapter what will be happening next. A simple and delightful read, A Ray of Hope speaks to the hope within every heart—to persevere even though situations might appear hopeless at times. His journey becomes ours, as his faith is tested time and time again, right up to the dramatic conclusion.

This is a book about a man named Aladdin, the son of a rich king, who falls on hard times but eventually overcomes many obstacles. His love for his sister Tamar and their loyalty to each other touches the hearts of its readers. They are not left alone. Support comes from unexpected sources and as they battle against the odds we are left wondering chapter after chapter what will be happening next. A simple and delightful read, A Ray of Hope speaks to the hope within every heart—to persevere even though situations might appear hopeless at times. His journey becomes ours, as his faith is tested time and time again, right up to the dramatic conclusion.