Shadow and the Easter Bunny: Shadow the Black Lab Tale #5

By JT Therrien

It's Holy Week and that means Lent is almost over and Easter is right around the corner! Matthew is focused on getting a humungous chocolate bunny, but with the help of Shadow, Matt will experience Holy Week and Jesus' Passion in a way that will change him forever.

• Language: English
• Publisher: JT Therrien
• Release date: Nov 10, 2022
• ISBN: 9780921473381

JT Therrien

Fine Form Press is a boutique publisher committed to working with a limited number of authors such as JT Therrien. We publish some of JT's novellas and novels in a variety of genres, including: commercial; YA; paranormal; romances; and, love stories. Along with JT's art-themed and cancer-themed fiction, Fine Form Press also publishes some of his inspirational, Catholic-themed, fiction.

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Shadow and the Easter Bunny: Shadow the Black Lab Tale #5

ISBN: 978-0-921473-38-1 

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Once again, I offer my gratitude and a very special thank you to Editor Mollie for taking precious time from her own writing to read early versions of this story. Blessings and health, dear friend and colleague.

Shadow the Black Lab Series

Shadow the Ghost Dog: Shadow the Black Lab Tale #1

Shadow the Cyber Dog: Shadow the Black Lab Tale #2

Chip: Shadow the Black Lab Tale #3

The Artist’s Dog: Shadow the Black Lab Tale #4

Author’s Preface Note

This fictional children’s story is a meditation and catechesis on the human tragedy and Divine miracle of Easter. Therefore, any theological mistakes in the text, namely, material not in conformity with the teachings of the Magisterium of the Catholic Church, are due to my own inabilities to transmit the tenets of the Faith. The facts for the depicted dramatic events are found in the Bible and are further explained in a variety of places, including the Catechism of the Catholic Church.

In relating the events leading up to Easter Sunday, one cannot escape the graphic nature of the torture, suffering and killing of a human being, much less of God. Keeping in mind the intended younger audience for this story, I’ve tried to strike a balance between accurately presenting the factual events (while not downplaying their theological significance) and depicting those scenes in an engaging drama for young readers’ imaginations. I pray I did not stray too far from either goal.

The issue of capitalizing pronouns associated with Jesus’ divine nature was the topic of several conversations with my editor. I subsequently made the decision to not capitalize all