“Oh, it’s just a pouch full of pebbles,” he said. “Just pebbles?” I queried. “Well, they are magic.” Adventure? Running away from home? And magic to boot? It’s already more than enough for eleven year old Natasha Carr-Harris, but is there even more? It seems so, particularly when she meets Edvard Green, a leprechaun from the “past” and learns of his compelling and intriguing tale about St. Patrick. As their story slowly unfolds, a friendship develops between the unlikely pair, and soon they are teaming up to confront a world filled with wonderful dangers and surprising twists and turns. This is an adventure no one will ever forget.
Natasha Carr-Harris has been a passionate and devoted reader since she was little. Her readings comprise of both classic and contemporary literature. She was 9 years old when her first poem was published by the Poetry Institute of Canada in 2007. Since then, six more poems and five short stories have come out. At age 11, she was the youngest writer in a 3-Day Novel Contest held in Vancouver participated by 20 countries. Here’s when she wrote this book “The Story of St. Patrick’s Day” in 2009. She was interviewed by the Vancouver Sun Newspaper and reported as an “excited young writer”. Natasha believes that her writing talent springs from her spare-time interests in table tennis, ballet, piano and public speaking, which has helped her become more creative. She’s also a delegate of the 2010 Miss Canada Teen Global pageant where she promotes variety of charity programs.