Leven Thumps

Leven Thumps is a popular children's fantasy series by writer Obert Skye. The series, projected to have five books, deals with an orphaned 14-year old boy, Leven Thumps, who becomes involved in a battle between good and evil. [ [http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/0614/p14s01-bogn.html Would-be Harrys lack his magic] , Yvonne Zipp, "Christian Science Monitor", June 14, 2005.] ['Leven Thumps' wooing Foo fans, Tami Martinez, "Ogden Standard-Examiner", March 27, 2005.] The five books in the series are titled "Leven Thumps and the Gateway to Foo" (2005),Bibliographic information from WorldCat.] "Leven Thumps and the Whispered Secret" (2006), "Leven Thumps and the Eyes of The Want" (2007), and "Leven Thumps and the Wrath of Ezra (2008)". "Leven Thumps and the Ruins of Alder (2008)" (Which has yet to gain a release date). These books were originally published by Shadow Mountain Publishing, [ [http://www.shadowmountain.com/images/resources/5/Leven_Thumps_release.doc Shadow Mountain Press Release for "Leven Thumps and the Whispered Secret"] . Accessed on line September 19, 2007.]

"Leven Thumps and the Gateway to Foo" won the Benjamin Franklin award from the Independent Book Publishers Association in 2006. [ [http://www.pma-online.org/benfrank2006_win.cfm Benjamin Franklin Award Winners and Finalists 2006] ]

MovieAt October 2006 the movie company "Celtic Rose Entertainment" optioned the rights of the series. [ [http://www.celtic-rose-ent.com/ Celtic Rose Entertainment,LLC-A visual approach to filmmaking ] ] Currently the movie is in preproduction and is scheduled for a 2009 release. [ [http://imdb.com/title/tt1132450/ Leven Thumps (2009) ] ]

PlotLeven comes into the world soon after his father died in a car accident. His mother died soon after naming him. His mother's half-sister, Addy, takes him into her care, but doesn't feed him much and supplies him with only Wonder Wipes shirts from her current job. He soon befriends people such as Winter, a girl with a strange power, Clover, his loyal and brotherly sycophant, and the heir of Foo, Geth, who was cursed to live as a tree by Sabine, until he eventualy became a toothpick. They travel around the entire Earth to Germany to France just to find the exact time and direction where they will be transported to Foo. While they are doing this, Sabine, the current ruler of Foo goes to the actual world to take over both Foo and Earth. Leven and the others fight off his shadows and then try to defeat Sabine once and for all.

Main Characters

Leven Thumps: A boy who can manipulate fate, or an offing. Leven embarks on a journey with threats and twists to defeat Sabine and his evil shadows.

Winter(aka Judy): A girl possessing the power to control ice. She was born in Foo, but switched at birth with another infant in order to help Leven with his quest later on. She lived with her "mother" Janet who did not care for her, only giving her a tiny bit of food,even on her birthday. She went to Oklahoma to ecape her horrible "mother" and ended up on a quest to help Leven defeat Sabine.

Clover: Leven's sycophant. His pockets hold many things as sycophants favor in strange things. Clover also eats Foo candy occasionally that argue, but then apologize for not being tastier.

Geth: The true heir of Foo. He is turned into a seed by Sabine and planted next to Leven's house by Antsel. Eventually he is cut down to the size of a toothpick and hangs around in Winter's pocket. He suggests Leven go to Foo and defeat Sabine to regain Geth's rule.

Sabine: An evil villain in the series. He goes to Earth to rule both Foo and Earth. Like Winter, he is a nit who can control ice. He attacked Winter before she came to Earth.

Jamoon: Sabine's elite warrior. Half of him changes constantly to the dreams of others and his appearance varies like all other rants.

Terry: Leven's "father". He is cruel and lazy. The only thing he likes is drinking. Addy: Terry's wife and Leven's mother's half sister. She agreed to take care of him when his mother died after soon after his birth. She is cruel and cold towards him, but slightily better than Terry. Her house is smashed down by Geth.

Hector Thumps: Leven's grandfather and the creator of the gateway bordering from Earth and Foo. His quest to go from Earth and Foo drove him crazy, but he was a very brilliant man. Everyone believes him to be dead. He married Amelia after returning to Foo for the second time.

References

External links

* [http://leventhumps.com/ Series website]
* [http://www.shadowmountain.com/ Publisher website]