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    Napolia: Zuza and the Lost Princess
    Napolia: Zuza and the Lost Princess
    Napolia: Zuza and the Lost Princess
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    Napolia: Zuza and the Lost Princess

    By Jean Gasho

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    Zuza is a teenage boy who finds himself living in Scotland with his horrible aunt after the death of his mother. Zuza finds Scotland dull and boring, well apart from the new Zimbabwean girl Tamar he had met in school. At home his aunt makes him read story books to his young cousin Malia. But this time Malia found a story book in the library that was to change Zuzas life forever. It was not an ordinary storybook. Annoyed at the thick story book, Zuza begins to read. However the book takes him into another world, a Kingdom called Napolia ruled by the wicked witch Acris. This was no ordinary Kingdom. The real Princess of Napolia had been lost and the Kingdom had turned into a land of complete darkness, a spell that Acris had cast on the land. Upon arriving in this Kingdom, Zuza must go on a quest to find the lost Princess of Napolia. He meets a talking eagle to take him on his journey, and finds himself in the Zimbabwean savannah talking to Shumba the white lion. In a race against time to save the Princess, Zuza meets a giant talking spider Shungu. In an action packed adventure of the underworld of mermaids, the ants fascinating colony and an unlikely teenage romance, Zuza must save the Kingdom of Napolia. A heart warming action packed fantasy adventure that will capture your imagination as Zuza goes on a quest to unfold the mystery of this fascinating kingdom. Its a story of teenage love. Its a story of destiny. Its Napolia.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAuthorHouse UK
    Release dateFeb 4, 2014
    ISBN9781491892169
    Napolia: Zuza and the Lost Princess
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    Jean Gasho

    Jean Gasho is a mother of three children who resides in the United Kingdom. She was born and raised in Zimbabwe and at the age of 17 she moved to the United Kingdom to study for a diploma in Psychiatric Nursing at Edge Hill University in Ormskirk. She graduated in 2003 as a registered nurse. She gave up her nursing career in 2007 to be a full time mother to her three children. Jean started concentrating on her writing career. As a fantasy writer, her stories are always inspired by her children. She wrote the story of Zuza after her 6 year old son asked her to write him a bed time story about an exciting adventure in which he would be a brave warrior, and Zuza and the lost Princess was born. .Jean is working on her autobiography which details her escape from domestic and spiritual abuse. Jean is also an aspiring artist and actress.

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      Napolia - Jean Gasho

      AuthorHouse™ UK Ltd.

      1663 Liberty Drive

      Bloomington, IN 47403 USA

      www.authorhouse.co.uk

      Phone: 0800.197.4150

      © 2014 Jean Gasho. All rights reserved.

      No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted by any means without the written permission of the author.

      Published by AuthorHouse 01/23/2014

      ISBN: 978-1-4918-9215-2 (sc)

      ISBN: 978-1-4918-9214-5 (hc)

      ISBN: 978-1-4918-9216-9 (e)

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      Because of the dynamic nature of the Internet, any web addresses or links contained in this book may have changed since publication and may no longer be valid. The views expressed in this work are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the publisher, and the publisher hereby disclaims any responsibility for them.

      Contents

      Chapter One

      Chapter Two

      Chapter Three

      Chapter Four

      Chapter Five

      Chapter Six

      Chapter Seven

      Chapter Eight

      Chapter Nine

      Chapter Ten

      Chapter Eleven

      Chapter Twelve

      Chapter Thirteen

      Chapter Fourteen

      Chapter Fifteen

      Chapter Sixteen

      Dedicated to my beautiful daughter, Nakai Tamara,

      and also to my two mighty boys of valour,

      Shingai Junior and Kunashe.

      Princess%20Tamara0001.jpg

      Chapter One

      The Storybook

      O nce upon a time, in a faraway land called Napolia, a princess was born. The king and queen of Napolia had waited for many years for their princess. She was the fairest princess Napolia had ever had. Her hair was curly and bouncy. Her skin was the colour of the earth, the colour of the soil, smooth and golden brown. She had the most beautiful, big, round, brown eyes. She would just look at you, and her eyes would tell a story. People said she had the eyes of an eagle, because she could see things other people could not. The king and queen of Napolia named their special daughter Tamara, meaning palm tree. She was the palm tree of Napolia. The beautiful exotic tree of life that would stand against the odds.

      As the beautiful princess baby dressed in a white gown was being dedicated in the Napolian temple, the proud king and queen sat on their thrones, and everyone cheered and celebrated. All the people in the kingdom had come from the four corners of Napolia to celebrate the birth of Princess Tamara.

      The priest summoned the people to be silent as he began to read from the Royal Scroll of Names. Once a baby was born in the royal line, the wise officials of Napolia would write a poem about the baby’s chosen name. And so the priest began to read:

      When she is taken advantage of and used,

      She yearns for justice.

      She endures as the princess of hope;

      She fights to protect what is rightfully hers;

      She takes a risk and claims her destiny;

      By her bravery she preserves the Kingdom of Napolia.

      Allow me, Napolia, to introduce to you

      A princess of courage who never gives up:

      Tamara.

      Zuza yawned, flipping through the pages of the thick storybook. It was old and tattered and looked like an antique. Some of the pages were loose, and some were soiled. The book smelt musty, and it looked like it had been stored on a bookshelf for a long time—like hundreds of years. Zuza wondered where the book had come from. It seemed as though it had come out of a damp, smelly old castle. How long was it going to take him to read this whole book? He looked at his sleepy cousin, Malia. She was dozing off. He smiled to himself, slowly closing the book and placing it carefully beside her bed. He turned off the bedside light, stood up from the chair next to her bed, and started to tiptoe his way out of his cousin’s room.

      Zuza, keep reading, Malia whispered sleepily. My mum said you have to read the entire book.

      The entire book! That will take me all night. Malia, you were dozing off, anyway.

      No, I was not! I was just closing my eyes, listening to the story. You just want to rush off so you can go on your stupid phone. You have to read the whole book, Zuza; otherwise, you will be in trouble with my mum.

      Suddenly there was a loud bang on the window. Malia and Zuza both looked at the window, startled.

      What was that? Frightened Malia jumped out of the bed, clutching her fifteen-year-old cousin.

      It’s just a bird, Malia, Zuza answered. It was definitely an eagle. I saw it; it was looking right into my eyes. Wow! Zuza sat back down on the chair next to Malia’s bed.

      You are lying, Zuza! My schoolteacher says eagles live in the wild. This is Scotland; you don’t see eagles flying around, especially bumping on someone’s window at eight o’clock at night. Malia looked at Zuza suspiciously.

      Malia, teachers are not always right, you know. Scotland is the only place in the UK where you can find the golden eagle, and that was definitely what I saw!

      Whatever, Zuza. Yeah, right… it was an eagle. Now read me the story.

      Okay, Malia, here is the deal. You have to close your eyes and listen. If you interrupt me at any time, I will stop. Anyway, you are almost nine years old. Don’t you think you are getting a bit old for these silly fairy-tale bedtime stories? Where did you get this book from anyway, a museum?

      It’s not a silly story, Zuza. It’s real, all right. And I got it from the library, not a museum!

      Okay, Malia, whatever. Back to you—now just listen to the story, or I will lose my patience. Right, where was I?

      You were still on the first page, silly—on the poem of Princess Tamara—you might as well start again. Malia was tucking herself in bed, looking expectantly at her cousin.

      Okay, I will, Zuza said, and he began to read aloud. Once upon a time, in a faraway land called Napolia, a princess was born. The king and queen of Napolia had waited for many years for their princess… .

      Zuza read the first page, and the second, and the third, and then the fourth page. He kept on reading till Malia had soundly fallen asleep. He knew if he did not, he would be in trouble with Aunt Naamah, Malia’s mother.

      It had only been three months since his mother, Azubah, had died. The cancer had been aggressive. After his mother died, Zuza moved from London to Scotland, to a small town called Stirling, where he now lived with his aunt, uncle, and cousin.

      Zuza tried so hard to be a tough teenage boy, but life was hard without his mother, and, unlike the vibrant London, Stirling was dull and boring for him. The weather was always cold, rainy, and windy. He missed his friends in London. He missed his old high school. Scotland had become like another world to him. A world of darkness. He tried so hard

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