Book Reflection: The Goodfellow Chronicles Ð'- The Sacred Seal

Book Reflection: The Goodfellow Chronicles Ð'- The Sacred Seal

The Sacred Seal is the first book in Ð''The Goodfellow Chronicles', written descriptively by British author, J.C. Mills. This audacious and cunning tale is told elegantly and brilliantly...

This story commences off with a bright, curious and nature-loving 10 year-old boy named Sam Middleton, having recently experienced moving from his old home to New England, where his parents have moved there to receive better business opportunity selling their vast collection of modern, American art to the public. After lying down, attempting to sleep sadly in his new home, he encounters and meets a petit human in a diminutive mouse suit Ð'- Jolly Goodfellow, a Sage. The Sage has been on the Earth for countless numbers of years, providing unseen inspiration to humans in pursuit of creative genius and scientific advancement (such as Albert Einstein and Amelia Lockhart), being disguised as mice, so that they can move about freely and are assigned "cases" (humans). Coincidentally, Jolly has a case he needs to attend to: Professor Hawthorne, a professor at the university, the previous owner of the home. Unfortunately, he mysteriously disappeared recently and with the courtesy help of Sam, will try to find him. Together, they overcome the many conflicts from the evil works of Professor Mandrake and his son, Basil who are inquisitive about Hawthorne's whereabouts and the Fen, who are also small and related to the Sage, only eviler and crueller and whispering words of evil to those who listen. After retrieving the Scared Seal (which Hawthorne hid in the house to ensure no one such as Mandrake could discover it) which had strange, alien-like markings. With another clue, Jolly had to leave for England and say goodbye to Sam to search for Hawthorne and provide inspiration to him Ð'- he felt that we may be on to a discovery that could change mankind...forever!

I felt that this novel has a significant and vital impact to adults and children alike. In this book, teamwork was the key aspect here in order for Sam and Jolly to succeed against the nefarious Fen and Professor Mandrake. Teamwork and co-operation is necessary to go through all points of life. This shows the readers that event though a situation may seem intricate at first, two can surmount it. In this book, Jolly is known for his phrases. One of his phrase is Ð''A trouble shared is a trouble halved". This is what teamwork is all about in this book... In the novel, Sam and Jolly have to get past Mandrake and his son who are in search of any information of Hawthorne. Mandrake needed to search Hawthorne's office, but to foiled their plans, Sam and Jolly together came up with a effective plan Ð'- a diversion to stop Mandrake. There are real-life examples I would like to share. Firstly, I can relate this to a learning experience in grade 7. I had an exceedingly hard time finishing a comparison chart between 2 animals in Science class. Together, with my buddies, we met after school and managed to assist each other at time and successfully completed it. There are other situations in my life where teamwork is involved, especially here at Allan A, where TEAMWORK is essential for success. You must learn how to co-operate with all kinds of people: your peers, your teachers, your parents and more. There is Ð''I' in teamwork is there? Also, teamwork also involved listening and agreeing with each other, not causing trouble and disagreeing. Converting a problem into a win-win situation is very challenge: