The Ultimate Gift

Written by Jim Stovall

Narrated by Tom Bosley

When Jason Stevens receives the news of his great uncle Red's death, he is greedy with anticipation as are Red's other relativesto divvy up the man's massive fortune. One by one, Red's beneficiaries receive their portion of the multibillion-dollar estate. But when it is at last Jason's turn to collect his inheritance, he finds quite a different fate in store for him. Join Jason on his memorable yearlong quest of discoveryone that will captivate the hearts of young and old alikeas he searches for his stake in The Ultimate Gift.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Oasis Audio
• Release date: Sep 7, 2007
• ISBN: 9781608145676

Jim Stovall

James Glen Stovall (Jim) is a retired professor of journalism who lives in East Tennessee. During his teaching career, he taught at the University of Alabama (1978-2003), Emory and Henry College (2003-2006) and the University of Tennessee (2006-2016). He is now working on a second career writing young adult fiction and mysteries. Jim is the author of the a selling writing textbook, Writing for the Mass Media, as well as other journalism texts such as Journalism: Who, What, When, Where, Why and How and Web Journalism. Other books include:  • Seeing Suffrage:The 1913 Washington Suffrage Parade, Its Pictures, and Its Effects on the American Political Landscape • Battlelines: Gettysburg: Civil War Sketch Artists and the First Draft of War In addition to writing, Jim likes to paint (watercolor), draw (pen and ink), play music (dulcimer and banjo), garden and piddle around in his woodworking shop. Jim grew up in Nashville, Tennessee, and that is his favorite setting for his novels.

Reviews for The Ultimate Gift

[Olivian Covali · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

a beautiful story full of teachings about the most important things in life.

[Steve Calmes · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Awesome! Pass it on but most importantly just do it and be a part of changing lives.

[Rock Lewis · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

I really enjoyed this book. Highly inspirational and packed with brilliant knowledge.

[Nikhita Prasad · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Very insightful and a must read! It highlights so many values and brings awareness.

[YaYa · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

I found the stories and structure a bit too moral, but I guess this book gives readers some ideas to think about.

[Raul Palacio · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Wow! What a beautiful story. I'm not crying. You are!

[sai teja shaga · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

It is the Ultimate book and that Book whoever reads will have the feeling of recieving THE ULTIMATE GIFT.

[Ipek Erdalli Buchanan · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

What a lovely book to remind us all to be grateful and to value what we already have.

[Reinhardt Duchow · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

I enjoyed the book. Life changing. Full of wisdom. Grateful to the author.

[blog_gal · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

This book is very good, but dry at some points. There are several amazing lessons that can be learned from this book. I do believe that this is the one instance that the movie is better than the book though.

[Dail Stancill · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

One of a kind. May the messages found in this book spread like wildfire.

[jbarr5 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

The ultimate gift by Stovall_ Jim Have read another book by this author and enjoy the reads.Jason Stephens inherits from his uncle after his death. His uncle gives him many gifts through the legacy that Jason has to learn-sometimes the hard way.They will cut him off if he tries to cut corners. The uncle has lined up places and other people he has to see to learn a lesson.Jason didn't like getting up very early but the plane leaves early and it's not in first class. Love first lesson of physical labor and how after a month he wants to just finish the whole length of new poles-he ends up with a vehicle in the long run.Jason wants to know the end result and he has to follow the rules in the order they were meant...Life lessons, priceless!I received this book from National Library Service for my BARD (Braille Audio Reading Device).

[dmorrison_98 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Great morals and values, used it in my high school classroom!

[averitasm · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

I loved this and would love to read more by him, to me it was uplifting and wondrous, I enjoyed the whole story and then passed it on to a friend. Caution: you may need tissues. I just liked the simple messages to this and who knows maybe I'm an easy sell but I did love it. But strangely enough usually my "I loved it" books I would read again , but this one I really don't feel the urge , I think once you read it you have the messages and can just go from there.

[wktarin · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

Limited and didactic.

[readingrat_1 · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

A good premise hobbled by poor execution.

[paigem-2 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Best book I ever read! and I found it at the library book sale!

[luispine-1 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

This innovative way of teaching life values, cunningly devised by Mr. Red Stevens, in the Novel, clearly depicts a very interesting and valuable lesson of life, which Mr Red tries to teach his greedy grandson Jason through a series of gifts,such as the gift of the family, the gift of work, the gift of problems,money, love, etc. in order to become eligible for receiving a huge inheritance,which at that time, Jason had no exact idea of what it was about, and which is also to be learned by many of us, in connection with the different aspects of our personality and attitude toward life circumstances, which must be positively shifted in most of our lives. After having faced harsh and tough circumstances which he had forcefully to go through and endure, he finally stuck out and prevailed. At the end, Jason became worthy of receiving his grandfather´s inheritance; with the first big amount of money which his grandfather´s attorney released for him,Jason started a huge charity project for lodging and catering families undergoing tough economical situations with a sick member of their family .

[tambrock · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

An easy read with a great moral story. Great for young adults or a one-day read. Jim Stovall does a nice job of reminding us of the basics in life.

[Savannah · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

loved it as well as the movie!