Letters to God - Hardcover

Doughtie, Patrick; Doughtie, Heather

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0310753953 ISBN 13: 9780310753957

Publisher: Zonderkidz, 2016

Synopsis

“I thought maybe God didn’t hear me, so I decided to write him a letter.”

In his search for a special compass, a young boy writes a letter to God and reveals, to himself and others, the miracle of God’s hand in every situation. This book is inspired by the true story of Tyler, whose life is told in the major motion picture Letters to God. Patrick and Heather Doughtie, authors and parents of the real-life Tyler, share the endearing story of their son’s inspiring and contagious faith.

Content aligns with the Common Core Standards for informational reading.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

This novel is inspired by the major motion picture, Letters to God, scheduled for theatrical release in spring 2010. Viewers of the film will be eager to read more of this inspiring story. Tyler, a nine-year-old boy, is stricken with incurable brain cancer and begins to write letters to God. He turns his suffering into spiritual lessons for his widowed mother, his embittered adolescent brother, and a troubled postman.

Letters to God probes some of the most important and most-often-asked questions that trouble people of faith: “Why do we suffer?” “Where is God?” “Why do godly, faithful children have to battle cancer?” This inspiring story of hope will help readers from all walks work toward greater understanding of God's presence and care.

About the Author:

Before focusing his creative energies on fiction, Patrick Doughtie honed his artistic skills as a newspaperman, recording artist, and screenwriter. He was one of the youngest newspaper general managers in California when he and one of his four brothers decided to move to Nashville to pursue a music career. In 1996, after his son Tyler was born, Patrick left the late nights and long trips of the music world to start a construction business in Nashville. After his son’s death in 2005, he began his career as a screenwriter. Patrick has written five screenplays and two short-subject scripts in a variety of genres: comedy, drama, thriller, action, and a children’s story.

Tammie Lyon lives in Cincinnati, Ohio, with her husband, Lee, and loves spending the day in her studio with her dog, Gus. She discovered her love of illustrating at a very young age while drawing at the kitchen table with her dad. She began her career as a staff illustrator for a major greeting card company, eventually becoming the director of the juvenile product line. Since then Tammie has illustrated children’s books, posters, magazines, cd’s, games, clothing, and just about anything else you can think of.

About this edition

• Publisher: Zonderkidz
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 0310753953
• ISBN 13: 9780310753957
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Lyon Tammie