Adjusting to his parents’ divorce is a tough way to spend the summer for twelve-year-old Toby. Missing his dad and his friends, Toby tries to get to know his new, multicultural neighborhood, but right away he notices something creepy about 7th Street: everyone is sullen and angry. They all seem to be afraid of a teen gang that rules the neighborhood. Are they behind the mysterious car fires, packs of wild dogs, and a freak hailstorm?
No one has answers except for Toby’s only friend, Moe, a homeless man who lives near an old warehouse bearing the gang’s repulsive graffiti. One wall depicts a despicable mural of horror and violence that has a magical effect on the neighborhood. By tapping into its centuries-old power - linked to a famous Iroquois peacemaker - Toby and Moe find the courage to fight the gang and take back their neighborhood.
The wall on 7th Street started with an image. Picture a huge ware-house wall looming over a shabby city neighborhood. The wall is covered with designs — cruel faces, monsters, battle scenes — all things evil. The painted surface is one writhing mass ...
Life is full of change and upheaval. In the Tarot, this is indicated by the Wheel of Fortune card. There are ups, downs, surprises and most of all, lessons to be learned. With the end of a year, a new one begins. It’s a time of resolutions, of ...
I was 12 years old when I first discovered the world of Paganism and Witchcraft. I had been raised in a household that cherished and honored the mysterious and the spiritual, and though I lived an ocean away from my father, his mystical, animistic Balinese spirituality was ever-present in my life. I was that child who found solace in the tangled... read this article
