Hi everyone,
Please look over my synopsis below and see what you think of it
Is it the kind of synopsis that is appealing to the eye? Or kind of blah?
Would really appreciate your feedback, thanks!
Jenna Kinzler~
booksjmg06.webs.com
My Synopsis:
The day Martha Jackson discovered the magic suitcase was the scariest one her life had ever seen. She was eleven years old and her sister Alice was eight years old. They had watched their father be brutally murdered on a coal mining mountain prestigiously named Coal Mountain, and their 19th century hometown of Reefton, New Zealand had become brutally invaded and destroyed.
Pregnant and understanding all too well the circumstances of how quickly their lives had changed, Martha's mother, Marilyn, decided that she must change the fate of her daughters. She must submit them to the beauties of a world where wonder, happiness, and true love would no longer exist for her. She must sacrifice herself and, in turn, make sure her children remained absolutely safe from the harm that was wrecking havoc in their lives by ex-sheriff Zander Prick's cruel hands.
Zander Prick, along with his wife, Nova and their four grown children decide to threaten the lives of the entire town. They had grown tired of how Henry Jackson, Martha's father, who was the mayor of Reefton and also the manager of Coal Mountain, had run the coal mining industry which included the railroad. Zander wanted to run everything himself. With his family to help him, he decided that they would kill every person in the town, and destroy Henry and the town itself until nothing that existed was left.
Frightened with the knowledge that the Prick family would come to kill them all, Marilyn asks Martha to go into her bedroom closet and pull out a small, brown suitcase. After bringing it out, both Martha and Alice inquired what was inside of it, and her mother whispered, "Magic," with a smile. This magic was so extraordinary that not even the Indian tribe that first discovered the suitcase was able to figure out why it was such a powerful being.
The suitcase had been passed down from a woman named Dance, who had first bought the suitcase soon after her and her husband were first married. When she became of old age, she gave it to her eldest daughter. Then, one day, when it was most needed, Henry's great-grandfather came across the woman who then gave it to him, telling him it was to be used for only three emergencies before it disappeared forever. Henry's great-grandfather used it once, and after it returned to the family, it was passed down to Henry who hid it for safe-keeping and in case of emergencies.
Gathering courage, Marilyn has Martha and Alice get inside the suitcase that will lead them to amazing circumstances and a much more wonderful life.
As they pass through time inside the colorful and beautiful transcendence the magnificent suitcase created, we go back to a time to learn about Henry and Marilyn's courtship and how they grew to love one another, get married, and have children. With her children gone off inside the wonders of the suitcase, Marilyn gives birth to her child and, when the Prick family comes for her, she sends her infant baby to a father and two sons whose mother was also viciously murdered the same time as Henry Jackson: by being blown up in a coal mining tunnel. Marilyn also gave them the family the magic suitcase, and all of them but one son gets into the suitcase for a better life. This son, Nathaniel Lawrence Reaves, will eventually become Martha's husband.
After waking up with her sister Alice and finding themselves as grown adults, Martha discovers more about what happened to her mother and what kind of legacy her father had left for them. Her sister later dies in a terrible wagon wreck with her new husband. At age sixty-five, Martha learns that her oldest son Matthew researched about his family to discover where the suitcase had come from. Not only that, but they come to a shock by realizing that many years earlier, Martha's parents had been seen walking around downtown London, England.
The magic suitcase had brought them back to life!
Martha learns many life lessons throughout this journey. The suitcase ends up returning to her in the end, showing her that the Indian tribe had no idea the circumstances this mysterious travel baggage had in store for them. Also, she realizes how the suitcase had so many unique and marvelously creative ideas in store for her, later reminiscing on her death bed that she had lived a perfectly beautiful life.
Please look over my synopsis below and see what you think of it
Is it the kind of synopsis that is appealing to the eye? Or kind of blah?Would really appreciate your feedback, thanks!
Jenna Kinzler~
booksjmg06.webs.com
My Synopsis:
The day Martha Jackson discovered the magic suitcase was the scariest one her life had ever seen. She was eleven years old and her sister Alice was eight years old. They had watched their father be brutally murdered on a coal mining mountain prestigiously named Coal Mountain, and their 19th century hometown of Reefton, New Zealand had become brutally invaded and destroyed.
Pregnant and understanding all too well the circumstances of how quickly their lives had changed, Martha's mother, Marilyn, decided that she must change the fate of her daughters. She must submit them to the beauties of a world where wonder, happiness, and true love would no longer exist for her. She must sacrifice herself and, in turn, make sure her children remained absolutely safe from the harm that was wrecking havoc in their lives by ex-sheriff Zander Prick's cruel hands.
Zander Prick, along with his wife, Nova and their four grown children decide to threaten the lives of the entire town. They had grown tired of how Henry Jackson, Martha's father, who was the mayor of Reefton and also the manager of Coal Mountain, had run the coal mining industry which included the railroad. Zander wanted to run everything himself. With his family to help him, he decided that they would kill every person in the town, and destroy Henry and the town itself until nothing that existed was left.
Frightened with the knowledge that the Prick family would come to kill them all, Marilyn asks Martha to go into her bedroom closet and pull out a small, brown suitcase. After bringing it out, both Martha and Alice inquired what was inside of it, and her mother whispered, "Magic," with a smile. This magic was so extraordinary that not even the Indian tribe that first discovered the suitcase was able to figure out why it was such a powerful being.
The suitcase had been passed down from a woman named Dance, who had first bought the suitcase soon after her and her husband were first married. When she became of old age, she gave it to her eldest daughter. Then, one day, when it was most needed, Henry's great-grandfather came across the woman who then gave it to him, telling him it was to be used for only three emergencies before it disappeared forever. Henry's great-grandfather used it once, and after it returned to the family, it was passed down to Henry who hid it for safe-keeping and in case of emergencies.
Gathering courage, Marilyn has Martha and Alice get inside the suitcase that will lead them to amazing circumstances and a much more wonderful life.
As they pass through time inside the colorful and beautiful transcendence the magnificent suitcase created, we go back to a time to learn about Henry and Marilyn's courtship and how they grew to love one another, get married, and have children. With her children gone off inside the wonders of the suitcase, Marilyn gives birth to her child and, when the Prick family comes for her, she sends her infant baby to a father and two sons whose mother was also viciously murdered the same time as Henry Jackson: by being blown up in a coal mining tunnel. Marilyn also gave them the family the magic suitcase, and all of them but one son gets into the suitcase for a better life. This son, Nathaniel Lawrence Reaves, will eventually become Martha's husband.
After waking up with her sister Alice and finding themselves as grown adults, Martha discovers more about what happened to her mother and what kind of legacy her father had left for them. Her sister later dies in a terrible wagon wreck with her new husband. At age sixty-five, Martha learns that her oldest son Matthew researched about his family to discover where the suitcase had come from. Not only that, but they come to a shock by realizing that many years earlier, Martha's parents had been seen walking around downtown London, England.
The magic suitcase had brought them back to life!
Martha learns many life lessons throughout this journey. The suitcase ends up returning to her in the end, showing her that the Indian tribe had no idea the circumstances this mysterious travel baggage had in store for them. Also, she realizes how the suitcase had so many unique and marvelously creative ideas in store for her, later reminiscing on her death bed that she had lived a perfectly beautiful life.
