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In a time that looms around the corner of today, in a place on the edge of our nation, it is a crime to dissent, a crime to assemble, a crime to stand up for one's life. Despite all this - or perhaps because of it - the Dandelion Insurrection appears . . .
Under a gathering storm of tyranny, Zadie Byrd Gray whirls into the life of Charlie Rider and asks him to become the voice of the Dandelion Insurrection. With the rallying cry of life, liberty, and love, Zadie and Charlie fly across America leaving a wake of revolution in their path. Passion erupts. Danger abounds. The lives of millions hang by a thread. The golden soul of humanity blossoms . . . and wonders start to unfold
Author Rivera Sun creates mythic characters from everyday people. She infuses the story of our times with practical solutions and visionary perspectives, drawing the reader into a world both terrifying and inspiring . . . a world that can be our own
Reviewers have enthusiastically called The Dandelion Insurrection...The handbook of the coming revolution. Part fact, part fiction and part prophecy, you will enjoy The Dandelion Insurrection.
From the reviewers:
Close your eyes and imagine the force of the people and the power of love overcoming the force of greed and the love of power. Then read The Dandelion Insurrection. In a world where despair has deep roots, The Dandelion Insurrection bursts forth with joyful abandon.-- Medea Benjamin, co-founder of CodePink
I love this book It beautifully captures the revolution of love that is sweeping the globe, told as an epic novel that will set your heart on fire. A rare gem of a book, a must read, it charts the way forward in this time of turmoil and transformation. If you loved Occupy Love, you will love The Dandelion Insurrection -- Velcrow Ripper, Canadian Academy Award (Genie) winner, director of Occupy Love
This novel will not only make you want to change the world, it will remind you that you can. -- Gayle Brandeis, author of The Book of Dead Birds, winner of the Bellwether Prize for Socially Engaged Fiction
THE handbook for the coming revolution -- Lo Daniels, Editor of Dandelion Salad
The Dandelion Insurrection is an updated, more accurate, less fantastical Brave New World or 1984.-- David Swanson, journalist, author, peace activist
The Dandelion Insurrection is a prayer seven billion hearts strong and counting.-- Megan Hollingsworth, Founder of Extinction Witness
Rivera Sun's The Dandelion Insurrection takes place in a dystopia just a hop, skip and jump away from today's society. A fundamentally political book with vivid characters and heart stopping action. It's a must and a great read.-- Judy Rebick, activist and author of Occupy This
. . . a beautifully written book just like the dandelion plant itself, punching holes through the concert of corporate terror, and inviting all to join in the insurrection.-- Keith McHenry, co-founder of the Food Not Bombs Movement
BOOK ONE OF THE AWAED-WINNING ARI ARA SERIE
In an exciting blend of action, adventure, and fantasy author Rivera Sun boldly takes the reader in a new direction . . . that of waging peace, active nonviolence, and nonviolent struggle. Challenging war cultures and military societies, The Way Between brings the skills of resolving conflict, anti-bullying, and ending violence into a coming of age story for a new generation of readers.
Between flight and fight lies a mysterious third path called The Way Between, and young shepherdess and orphan Ari Ara must master it . . . before war destroys everything she loves She begins training as the apprentice of the great warrior Shulen, and enters a world of warriors and secrets, swords and magic, friendship and mystery. She uncovers forbidden prophecies, searches for the lost heir to two thrones, and chases the elusive forest-dwelling Fanten to unravel their hidden knowledge. Full of twists and turns and surprises, The Way Between is bound to carve out a niche on bookshelves everywhere
This novel should be read aloud to everyone, by everyone, from childhood onward. Rivera Sun writes in a style as magical as Tolkien and as authentic as Twain. - Tom Hastings, Director of PeaceVoice, Professor of Conflict Studies at Portland State University
The Way Between is a compelling and wise articulation of the human sojourn . . . a dispatch from a mythic dimension of archaic longing and potential that calls us to our truest selves. - Ken Butigan, Pace e Bene/Campaign Nonviolence
A beautiful story that expands the imagination into the possibilities of peace and active nonviolence . . . this book will prepare our children and ourselves for the real-life world we so desperately need. - David Hartsough, Founder Nonviolent Peaceforce, author of Waging Peace
Nonviolence is a treasure hidden right under our noses that can help solve--not just some-- all of the challenges the world is facing. Imagine the sheer wonder of making this great discovery. Rivera Sun skillfully shows us The Way. -Stephanie N. Van Hook, Director of the Metta Center for Nonviolence; author of Gandhi Searches for Truth: A Practical Biography for Children.
Rivera Sun has, once again, used her passion for nonviolence, and her talent for putting thoughts into powerful words on a page, to recreate life, to show us the possibilities that can be, if we dedicate ourselves to The Way Between. -Robin Wildman, Fifth Grade Teacher, Nonviolent Schools Movement, and Nonviolence Trainer
Generations of young adults will be helped to find this way in the adventures of Ari Ara; and we will all be so greatly in Rivera's debt. - Michael Nagler, author of Search for a Nonviolent Future; founder of Metta Center for Nonviolence
A wonderful book It is so rare to find exciting fiction for young people and adults that shows creative solutions to conflict and challenges violence with active nonviolence and peace. Ari Ara is a delightful character and this story is a gem. - Heart Phoenix, River Phoenix Center for Peacebuilding
WINNER - 2019 NAUTILUS AWARD - SILVER MEDAL
Going beyond dragon-slayers and sword-swingers, The Lost Heir blends fantasy and adventure with social justice issues in an unstoppable story that will make you cheer
Two warring nations. One royal heir. A world about to explode.
Mariana Capital is in an uproar A half-wild orphan has been discovered to be the long-lost daughter of the King of the Desert and the Queen of Mariana. As the heir to two thrones, Ari Ara is thrust into a world of nobles and street urchins, warriors and merchants, high fashion and dangerous plots. The splendor dazzles her until the day she sneaks out to explore the city and makes a shocking discovery . . . the luxury of the nobles is built by the forced labor of her father's people.
Thousands of water workers have come from the desert to trade their work for water. They labor on the river docks, in the noble houses, and even in the sewing rooms making the fancy gowns Ari Ara is expected to wear. Outraged, she sets out on a quest for justice. The nobles turn against her, someone tries to kill her, and her royal blood is thrown into question. Unexpected allies rush to her side: the Urchin Queen, a monkish young scholar, a desert seamstress, and a mysterious hawk keeper. Before she knows it, she's sparked an uprising like nothing Mariana Capital has ever seen
With all the fun of a sword-swinging adventure, but without the violence, The Lost Heir spins a spectacular story with strong female characters and powerful social justice themes. Armed with nonviolence and love, Ari Ara sets out to restore the honor and dignity of both her peoples. A shero with spunk and spark, Ari Ara confronts prejudice, discrimination, bullying, and injustice with all the action, adventure, magic, and fantasy that readers love
Kids, parents, and teachers agree: you'll love this book
Praise for The Lost Heir
...a beautiful experience...one that everyone in the world needs - now more than ever.
- Heart Phoenix, River Phoenix Center for Peacebuilding
...this book couldn't have come at a better time.
- Patrick Hiller, Executive Director, War Prevention Initiative
...an impressive feat an exciting story that deftly teaches ways to create a world that works for all...outstanding contribution to the field of nonviolence
- Kit Miller, Executive Director, M.K. Gandhi Center for Nonviolence
Five stars. It's Harry Potter with a contemporary message.
- Gayle Morrow, retired Y/A Librarian
...deserves an international audience.
- Amber French, Editorial Advisor, International Center on Nonviolent Conflict
I highly recommend gathering the children around you and reading The Way Between and The Lost Heir so everyone can enjoy and embrace these masterfully-told, exciting adventures.
- Scotty Bruer, Founder, Peace Now
Rivera Sun's creativity, wisdom, insight and joyful nonviolent activism for all ages fills me with awe and hope. If we were all to read her books the way we have read Harry Potter's, we would be well on our way to sending a different message to our children.
- Veronica Pelicaric, Author, Pace e Bene/Campaign Nonviolence
WINNER - 2020 NAUTILUS AWARD - SILVER MEDAL!
A wild ride full of danger and adventure!
Exiled to the desert, Ari Ara is thrust between the warriors trying to grab power . . . and the women rising up to stop them!
The world of her father's people is made of song and sky, heat and dust. Ari Ara wants nothing more than to be a proper daughter to her father, the Desert King. But nothing she does is right! She can't sing the songs correctly, her trickster horse bolts, her friend is left for dead, and Ari Ara has to run away to save him. Every step she takes propels her deeper into trouble. A mysterious young songholder offers to guide her, a seer sends them on a wild goose chase, they rescue a young woman from a forced marriage - and accidentally set the army camp on fire! Before long, she's swept into a women's uprising against the warriors who are trying to seize power.
Ari Ara has to find her place - and her voice - in this strange culture...but time is running out. Warriors-rule rises across the desert. One by one, the women's voices are being silenced, cut from the Desert Song. Can Ari Ara and her friends restore the balance before violence breaks out?
An amazing story about how young people must navigate the space between fitting in and standing out from the crowd.
This is Book Three of The Way Between - Ari Ara series. It is a complete story and may be read independently, but as one person said The story of this book can stand alone but why cheat yourself? They are fun to read in any order but best is to read the whole series!
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From the Reviewers of the Ari Ara books...
...should be read aloud to everyone, by everyone, from childhood onward... Rivera Sun writes in a style as magical as Tolkien and as authentic as Twain. - Tom Hastings, Director of PeaceVoice, Professor of Conflict Studies at Portland State University
...a beautiful experience...one that everyone in the world needs - now more than ever - Heart Phoenix, River Phoenix Center for Peacebuilding
...expands the imagination into the possibilities of peace and active nonviolence...this book will prepare our children and ourselves for the real-life world we so desperately need - David Hartsough, Founder Nonviolent Peaceforce, author of Waging Peace
...couldn't have come at a better time. - Patrick Hiller, Executive Director, War Prevention Initiative
...an impressive feat, an exciting story that deftly teaches ways to create a world that works for all...outstanding contribution to the field of nonviolence! - Kit Miller, Executive Director, M.K. Gandhi Center for Nonviolence
Five stars. It's Harry Potter with a contemporary message. - Gayle Morrow, retired Y/A Librarian
...everyone can enjoy and embrace these masterfully-told, exciting adventures. - Scotty Bruer, Founder, Peace Now
Rivera Sun's creativity, wisdom, insight and joyful nonviolent activism for all ages fills me with awe and hope. - Veronica Pelicaric, Author, Pace e Bene/Campaign Nonviolence
I love the book! It's a great adventure tale, with all the elements of a classic legend, and an even more important message. - Michael Colvin, Fellowship of Reconciliation, National Council Member
Love and adventure, mystery and danger await! The next powerful adventure in the award-winning Ari Ara Series, The Crown of Light is an extraordinary story of wonder and courage.
In the jagged peaks of the Border Mountains, Ari Ara revives the ancient legend of the Peace Force, gathering friends and strangers to stop violence and prevent war. With the Way Between guiding their footsteps, they set out to wage peace. Before long, a rising threat makes them take drastic action.
Mysterious raiders are attacking villages, burning homes and terrifying families. Fingers point to the secretive Paika. For centuries, their clans have survived by double-crossing and backstabbing everyone else. But when young Finn Paikason is caught spying on the Peace Force, he swears the raiders are imposters. Ari Ara wants to believe him, but can she trust him? She can't be certain - especially since this boy with storm-tossed eyes might be stealing her heart.
Tracking lost cattle across borders, stopping blood feuds with hermits, thwarting bandit ambushes, Ari Ara and her friends seek the truth amidst a web of lies. Old enemies come back to haunt them. Friendships are strained to breaking. Tensions heighten between the two nations. When the Lost Heir is taken hostage, the Peace Force races to solve the mystery before the sparks of violence erupt into a raging inferno of war.
Your heart will race along with the heroine's in this exciting tale of waging peace.
The next powerful adventure in the award-winning Ari Ara Series, River Dragon is an extraordinary story of wonder and courage.
Will Ari Ara risk everything
- the crown, love, even her life - for what she believes?
Everyone has a secret.
At long last, fifteen-year-old Ari Ara is returning from exile to take up her duties as royal heir.
Nervous and excited, she leaps into the heart-pounding tests that will prove she's worthy of the throne. But hidden dangers lurk beneath the rituals of the Ordeal of Queens. Ancestor spirits haunt her. Nightmares plague her. Not everyone wants a follower of the Way Between as the next ruler. Surrounded by warriors and war culture, Ari Ara's commitment to peace threatens her chances of wearing the crown. A hard choice lies before her: will she stay true to what she believes? Or will she stay silent so that she can become queen?
Through triumph and disaster, heartbreak and friendship, Ari Ara rises to the challenges with courage. But then a long-buried secret comes to light ... and the true cost of peace is revealed.
An adventure of courage and spirit. Another must-read in the award-winning Ari Ara Series.
The clock is ticking . . . and the winds of change are blowing!
With the planet in peril and people struggling to survive, it's all hands on deck for the Dandelion Insurrection.
As natural - and human-made - disasters strike, the dandelions organize creative solutions all across the country: people-powered relief efforts, mutual aid groups, cooperative programs, community-wide potlucks, tool sharing, resilience plans, and more. Zadie Byrd Gray and Charlie Rider crisscross the United States, tracking down these hopeful and inspiring stories. Before long, a powerful shift starts growing in this fertile soil of love and resistance. Fed up with the lack of compassion in the halls of power, the dandelions launch real democracy projects in neighborhoods and communities, workplaces, schools, businesses, social clubs, and beyond.
But as ordinary people solve their problems without politicians, the rich and powerful fight back. The wealthy plot to thwart them. The corporations try to stall them. The politicians race to block them. When a megachurch preacher launches a doomsday mission to stop them, the Dandelion Insurrection faces a choice that threatens everything they stand for.
Winds of Change is a story like no other, a tale of resistance and resilience, hopeful and eerie all at once. The living Earth rises up for justice. The debts of the past come due. Teens and elders alike rebel for life and the future. With courage and love, the Dandelion Insurrection must navigate fires and floods to rise from the ashes and bloom in the wreckage. But they must act swiftly, for the clock is ticking . . . and the winds of change are blowing!
Hopeful. Visionary. Inspiring. This is the story you've been waiting for - a story that speaks straight to the heart of these wild times we're living through.
Each novel in the Dandelion Trilogy is a stand-alone story. They can be enjoyed in any order, but you'll want to read them all! Pick up your trilogy today! Also, don't miss the accompanying study guide to making change and Rise & Resist, the collection of fiery essays that Charlie Rider writes to rally the people for change. Welcome to the Dandelion Insurrection!
Praise For Winds of Change
The Dandelion Trilogy comes to a stunning conclusion with non-stop action and a cavalcade of exciting ideas for transforming society. - Burt Kempner, author and filmmaker
Winds of Change really pulls the series together as an instructive allegory of what continued activism for nonviolent change can look like. It makes it look not-so-hard to live a life dedicated to meaningful community action and change!
- Seán P. Duffy, Executive Director, Albert Schweitzer Institute, Quinnipiac University
Eloquent, visionary and accessible, this book energizes and expands upon the epic stories told throughout the Dandelion Trilogy. It encourages us to realize that revolution is not the end of conflict, but the beginning of a messy, communal voyage towards justice. - Susie Beiersdorfer, National Community Rights Network
This novel lets us imagine what is possible in our work for peace with justice. - Patrick Hiller, War Prevention Initiative
Fiery. Evocative. Uplifting.
Fiction meets reality in these impassioned and hard-hitting essays on love, courage, politics, and resistance. Rise and Resist brings to life the essays of the underground resistance writer Charlie Rider from The Dandelion Insurrection. The words are a rallying cry, a balm to the soul, and fuel or the fire of social change. In a printed collection for the first time ever, here are the essays that ignited a mass movement for change in a fictional United States just around the corner of today.
Written under the nom de plume: the Man From the North, this fictional writer lifts a pen mightier than a sword to offer provocative and relevant essays for his world . . . and ours.
On the Man From the North in The Dandelion Insurrection:
The Man From the North. Even the mere mention of the writer's name evoked a sweat of admiration, envy and fear. His articles were slipped hand-to-hand, smuggled across the border from Canada, taped in the back of pocket bibles. All through the winter, the man tore apart the corporate-controlled government, decried the rising tide of militarism, and lambasted the grind of economic injustice that held millions in a death grip. The Man From the North also regaled his readers with real life stories of courage in the face of oppression. He touched their hearts with passionate tales of kindness in a time of darkness. People looked out their windows at night and thought: we are not alone in wanting a better world than this. - from The Dandelion Insurrection by Rivera Sun.
The essays from the Man From the North are timely and inspiring. They are not found in The Dandelion Insurrection, The Dandelion Insurrection Study Guide - making change through nonviolent action, or in The Roots of Resistance. The essays can be read separately from the novels. Reading all the books together is a powerful experience.
Praise for The Dandelion Insurrection & The Roots of Resistance
In times of despair, we need hope. In times of frustration, we need inspiration. In times of confusion, we need clarity. Rivera brings us all of these and more.
- Stephen Zunes, Professor of Politics and International Studies at University of San Francisco
Rivera has crafted a vision of an unstoppable movement for democracy and leaves no corner or controversy of nonviolence unexplored. Find yourself within these pages and learn some new techniques for action while you're here.
-Stephanie N. Van Hook, Executive Director, Metta Center for Nonviolence
. . . a beautifully written book... punching holes through the concert of corporate terror, and inviting all to join in the insurrection.
- Keith McHenry, Co-founder of Food Not Bombs
In a time that looms around the corner of today, in a place on the edge of our nation, it is a crime to dissent, a crime to assemble, a crime to stand up for one's life. Despite all this - or perhaps because of it - the Dandelion Insurrection appears . . .
Under a gathering storm of tyranny, Zadie Byrd Gray whirls into the life of Charlie Rider and asks him to become the voice of the Dandelion Insurrection. With the rallying cry of life, liberty, and love, Zadie and Charlie fly across America leaving a wake of revolution in their path. Passion erupts. Danger abounds. The lives of millions hang by a thread. The golden soul of humanity blossoms . . . and wonders start to unfold
Author Rivera Sun creates mythic characters from everyday people. She infuses the story of our times with practical solutions and visionary perspectives, drawing the reader into a world both terrifying and inspiring . . . a world that can be our own
Reviewers have enthusiastically called The Dandelion Insurrection...The handbook of the coming revolution. Part fact, part fiction and part prophecy, you will enjoy The Dandelion Insurrection.
From the reviewers:
Close your eyes and imagine the force of the people and the power of love overcoming the force of greed and the love of power. Then read The Dandelion Insurrection. In a world where despair has deep roots, The Dandelion Insurrection bursts forth with joyful abandon.-- Medea Benjamin, co-founder of CodePink
I love this book It beautifully captures the revolution of love that is sweeping the globe, told as an epic novel that will set your heart on fire. A rare gem of a book, a must read, it charts the way forward in this time of turmoil and transformation. If you loved Occupy Love, you will love The Dandelion Insurrection -- Velcrow Ripper, Canadian Academy Award (Genie) winner, director of Occupy Love
This novel will not only make you want to change the world, it will remind you that you can. -- Gayle Brandeis, author of The Book of Dead Birds, winner of the Bellwether Prize for Socially Engaged Fiction
THE handbook for the coming revolution -- Lo Daniels, Editor of Dandelion Salad
The Dandelion Insurrection is an updated, more accurate, less fantastical Brave New World or 1984.-- David Swanson, journalist, author, peace activist
The Dandelion Insurrection is a prayer seven billion hearts strong and counting.-- Megan Hollingsworth, Founder of Extinction Witness
Rivera Sun's The Dandelion Insurrection takes place in a dystopia just a hop, skip and jump away from today's society. A fundamentally political book with vivid characters and heart stopping action. It's a must and a great read.-- Judy Rebick, activist and author of Occupy This
. . . a beautifully written book just like the dandelion plant itself, punching holes through the concert of corporate terror, and inviting all to join in the insurrection.-- Keith McHenry, co-founder of the Food Not Bombs Movement
BOOK ONE OF THE AWARD-WINNING ARI ARA SERIES
In an exciting blend of action, adventure, and fantasy author Rivera Sun boldly takes the reader in a new direction . . . that of waging peace, active nonviolence, and nonviolent struggle. Challenging war cultures and military societies, The Way Between brings the skills of resolving conflict, anti-bullying, and ending violence into a coming of age story for a new generation of readers.
Between flight and fight lies a mysterious third path called The Way Between, and young shepherdess and orphan Ari Ara must master it . . . before war destroys everything she loves She begins training as the apprentice of the great warrior Shulen, and enters a world of warriors and secrets, swords and magic, friendship and mystery. She uncovers forbidden prophecies, searches for the lost heir to two thrones, and chases the elusive forest-dwelling Fanten to unravel their hidden knowledge. Full of twists and turns and surprises, The Way Between is bound to carve out a niche on bookshelves everywhere
This novel should be read aloud to everyone, by everyone, from childhood onward. Rivera Sun writes in a style as magical as Tolkien and as authentic as Twain. - Tom Hastings, Director of PeaceVoice, Professor of Conflict Studies at Portland State University
The Way Between is a compelling and wise articulation of the human sojourn . . . a dispatch from a mythic dimension of archaic longing and potential that calls us to our truest selves. - Ken Butigan, Pace e Bene/Campaign Nonviolence
A beautiful story that expands the imagination into the possibilities of peace and active nonviolence . . . this book will prepare our children and ourselves for the real-life world we so desperately need. - David Hartsough, Founder Nonviolent Peaceforce, author of Waging Peace
Nonviolence is a treasure hidden right under our noses that can help solve--not just some-- all of the challenges the world is facing. Imagine the sheer wonder of making this great discovery. Rivera Sun skillfully shows us The Way. -Stephanie N. Van Hook, Director of the Metta Center for Nonviolence; author of Gandhi Searches for Truth: A Practical Biography for Children.
Rivera Sun has, once again, used her passion for nonviolence, and her talent for putting thoughts into powerful words on a page, to recreate life, to show us the possibilities that can be, if we dedicate ourselves to The Way Between. -Robin Wildman, Fifth Grade Teacher, Nonviolent Schools Movement, and Nonviolence Trainer
Generations of young adults will be helped to find this way in the adventures of Ari Ara; and we will all be so greatly in Rivera's debt. - Michael Nagler, author of Search for a Nonviolent Future; founder of Metta Center for Nonviolence
A wonderful book It is so rare to find exciting fiction for young people and adults that shows creative solutions to conflict and challenges violence with active nonviolence and peace. Ari Ara is a delightful character and this story is a gem. - Heart Phoenix, River Phoenix Center for Peacebuilding
You'll love this lively, engaging journey into the heart of The Dandelion Insurrection's story of nonviolent action
All around the world, common, everyday people work for justice, equality and freedom using the nonviolent tools of Martin Luther King, Gandhi, Jesus, and Cesar Chavez. You can learn these resistance strategies and apply them in your community. Millions of people are and now you can too.
This fun to use study guide covers the basic dynamics and strategies of nonviolent action. Discover how to plan and build campaigns, become familiar with Gene Sharp's 198 Methods of Nonviolent Action, envision how to weaken the pillars of support of your opponent and learn to develop effective strategy for the issues your community faces.
Taking lessons off the page and into our lives, award-winning author, activist and nstrategic nonviolence trainer Rivera Sun guides us through the skills and strategies that create the thrilling adventure of The Dandelion Insurrection. Drawing on historical examples of nonviolent political, economic, environmental and racial justice struggles around the world and using your favorite scenes from the book, this study guide brings the novel and strategies of effective nonviolent resistance to life in an exciting way.
The Dandelion Insurrection Study Guide offers students and elders, parents and families, church groups and social justice organizations a fun and friendly way to dive into the reality of making change through nonviolent action. Featuring the newest research, the guide is useful for people just becoming interested in activism as well as seasoned life-long activists.
Use this study guide on your own, or gather your friends, neighbors, and associates. Divided into easy to use sections you can use this book as a wonderful way to build community or take your book club on a great new adventure. Together you will discover how ordinary people can make extraordinary change
When fear is used to control us, love is how we rebel The DandelionInsurrection
Reviewers call The Dandelion Insurrection The handbook of the coming revolution... because of the prophetic nature of its story and the newest research in nonviolent civil resistance it illustrates. Both the novel and the study guide can be enjoyed separately, together they are a remarkable look at what is possible and how we can get there.
Rivera is happy to work with classes and groups in learning and using the strategies of nonviolent civil action to create social justice. She holds regular on-line classes and schedules in depth work for geoups. Visit riverasun.com.
You're in for an exciting ride as incendiary writer Charlie Rider and the unforgettable Zadie Byrd Gray rise to meet the political challenges flung at them from all sides. Freedom and equality loom just out of reach as the outraged corporate oligarchy scrambles to take back power after the Dandelion Insurrection's successful nonviolent revolution. Everyone from schoolteachers to whistleblowers leaps into action to help them confront the forces of corrupt politics. But the struggle turns volatile when an armed group called the Roots shows up. They claim to be protecting the movement . . . but who do they really serve?
Author Rivera Sun's novels are compared to the works of George Orwell, Upton Sinclair, Mark Twain and Barbara Kingsolver. She weaves social protest with the practical and inspiring field of nonviolent struggle, drawing on the legacy of King, Gandhi, Chavez, and countless more. As fiery as Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Chris Hedges and more radical than Bernie Sanders, Rivera Sun's fiction is the perfect companion through the wild ride of our times
Some Reviews...
If you loved Starhawk's Fifth Sacred Thing, if you loved recently-departed Ursula K. LeGuin's The Dispossessed, if you admire the spirit of the Standing Rock Water Protectors, you will drink in this must-read page-turner . . . an epic story that will move your spirit, bringing tears to your eyes and healing to your soul. - Rosa Zubizarreta, Author of From Conflict to Creative Collaboration
A tale of revolution, resistance and the indomitable power of love . . . skims tantalizingly close to the surface of what could be political reality in these United States in just a few short years. Recommended for wanderers, whistleblowers, and anyone curious about the question of violence vs. nonviolence. - Elizabeth Murray, former Deputy National Intelligence Officer for the Near East, National Intelligence Council and Member in Residence, Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action
Billed as 'Book Two of the Dandelion Trilogy, ' this one makes me hope Sun is punching out Book Three soon and perhaps, like Douglas Adams, will give us, someday, Books Four and Five of the Trilogy. - Tom H. Hastings, Conflict Resolution Assistant Professor, Portland State University
This novel is a nuanced political, moral, and emotional exploration of risks, sacrifices and rewards that a commitment to social justice can elicit in the hearts of some extraordinary people. In reading The Roots of Resistance, I was frequently moved to resist the plot's incessant pull of haste so that I might linger and relish the rich emotional dynamics within such noble characters. A memorable cognitive and emotional journey. - Nim Batchelor, Professor of Philosophy, Elon University
In times of despair, we need hope. In times of frustration, we need inspiration. In times of confusion, we need clarity. Rivera brings us all of these and more. - Stephen Zunes, University of San Francisco
This is Book Two of The DandelionTrilogy. Book One, The Dandelion Insurrection - love and revolution is available through this bookseller. Each book is a complete story and may be read independently. But as one reviewer said The story of this book can stand alone but why cheat yourself? They are fun to read in any order. Also available is The Dandelion Insurrection Study Guide - making change through nonviolent action for practical strategies to make The Dandelion Insurrection real
Be good to yourself. Get them all right now
You'll love this lively, engaging journey into the heart of The Dandelion Insurrection's story of nonviolent action!
All around the world, common, everyday people work for justice, equality and freedom using the nonviolent tools of Martin Luther King, Gandhi, Jesus, and Cesar Chavez. You can learn these resistance strategies and apply them in your community. Millions of people are and now you can too.
This fun to use study guide covers the basic dynamics and strategies of nonviolent action. Discover how to plan and build campaigns, become familiar with Gene Sharp's 198 Methods of Nonviolent Action, envision how to weaken the pillars of support of your opponent and learn to develop effective strategy for the issues your community faces.
Taking lessons off the page and into our lives, award-winning author, activist and nstrategic nonviolence trainer Rivera Sun guides us through the skills and strategies that create the thrilling adventure of The Dandelion Insurrection. Drawing on historical examples of nonviolent political, economic, environmental and racial justice struggles around the world and using your favorite scenes from the book, this study guide brings the novel and strategies of effective nonviolent resistance to life in an exciting way.
The Dandelion Insurrection Study Guide offers students and elders, parents and families, church groups and social justice organizations a fun and friendly way to dive into the reality of making change through nonviolent action. Featuring the newest research, the guide is useful for people just becoming interested in activism as well as seasoned life-long activists.
Use this study guide on your own, or gather your friends, neighbors, and associates. Divided into easy to use sections you can use this book as a wonderful way to build community or take your book club on a great new adventure. Together you will discover how ordinary people can make extraordinary change
When fear is used to control us, love is how we rebel! The DandelionInsurrection
Reviewers call The Dandelion Insurrection The handbook of the coming revolution... because of the prophetic nature of its story and the newest research in nonviolent civil resistance it illustrates. Both the novel and the study guide can be enjoyed separately, together they are a remarkable look at what is possible and how we can get there.
Rivera is happy to work with classes and groups in learning and using the strategies of nonviolent civil action to create social justice. She holds regular on-line classes and schedules in depth work for geoups. Visit riverasun.com.
Rebel Song is a tremendous story of a Woman, a Heart, a Madman, a Rebel, and the growing Storm of Change. With its revolutionary and visionary message, Rebel Song will remind you of Howl or Song of Myself. Its compelling story takes the reader along for an unforgettable ride. Eerie warnings parallel contemporary crises. Weaving metaphors soar and dive. Archetypes evoke stunning moments of real-life recognition. And in the end, the sweeping triumph of the Rebel Song's message leaves you in shivers-and-chills delight.
Praise for Rebel Song
Rebel Song is not a call to arms, it is a call to awareness and conscience, a plea for consideration of the plight of ourselves and our fellow men and women--for our civilization. Unlike any other such plea, it is marvelously poetic, filled with imagery, metaphors, alliteration, rhyme--a genuine poetic masterpiece that strikes at all of our hearts and opens them to the need for action. It will be remembered for years as a defining statement of the soul of today's disenfranchised everyman, crying out for justice.
- Casey Dorman, Author, Editor: Lost Coast Review
In Rebel Song, Rivera Sun writes in the tradition of Whitman, Jeffers and June Jordan, poems that testify to the indomitable spirit that is alive in the resistance. This work is gritty and visceral and of the earth. To me it felt like that clarion call I have been waiting for which combines poetry and activism . . . Profound and hopeful, this book is a touchstone for remembering how crucial our voices are for the evolution of the spirit and the survival of the soul.- Devreaux Baker, Poet, Pen Oakland Award winner for her book, Red Willow People.
This grand poem reminds us that the rebel, the body of rebellion, is made up of many ordinary women/men, and the storm, of love in action. The decline of Mother Earth and her children is only inevitable if we, the ordinary, fail to rise. Its metaphors are extended, visual, and engaging. I thought the epic poem was a lost art. It seems to have been found in the rising winds of a love-storm.
- Rob Ganson, Poet, Follow the River Clear Down
Rebel Song is a powerful poem that stands not only as an anthem for our global peace and justice movement, but also takes a much deeper step to examine the heart from which we operate, to touch the tears that teach - and the fierce love that inspires - where they live inside us.
- Diane Patterson, Singer/Songwriter, Folkgoddess
This is poignant, powerful, beautiful, heart-wrenching, heart-warming and so much more. A clear stand for justice (as in all Rivera Sun's work) that opens a door for others to stand up, walk through, AND join the movement.
- Cindy Reinhardt, Writer
Love and adventure, mystery and danger await! The next powerful adventure in the award-winning Ari Ara Series, The Crown of Light is an extraordinary story of wonder and courage.
In the jagged peaks of the Border Mountains, Ari Ara revives the ancient legend of the Peace Force, gathering friends and strangers to stop violence and prevent war. With the Way Between guiding their footsteps, they set out to wage peace. Before long, a rising threat makes them take drastic action.
Mysterious raiders are attacking villages, burning homes and terrifying families. Fingers point to the secretive Paika. For centuries, their clans have survived by double-crossing and backstabbing everyone else. But when young Finn Paikason is caught spying on the Peace Force, he swears the raiders are imposters. Ari Ara wants to believe him, but can she trust him? She can't be certain - especially since this boy with storm-tossed eyes might be stealing her heart.
Tracking lost cattle across borders, stopping blood feuds with hermits, thwarting bandit ambushes, Ari Ara and her friends seek the truth amidst a web of lies. Old enemies come back to haunt them. Friendships are strained to breaking. Tensions heighten between the two nations. When the Lost Heir is taken hostage, the Peace Force races to solve the mystery before the sparks of violence erupt into a raging inferno of war.
Your heart will race along with the heroine's in this exciting tale of waging peace.
The next powerful adventure in the award-winning Ari Ara Series, River Dragon is an extraordinary story of wonder and courage.
Will Ari Ara risk everything
- the crown, love, even her life - for what she believes?
Everyone has a secret.
At long last, fifteen-year-old Ari Ara is returning from exile to take up her duties as royal heir.
Nervous and excited, she leaps into the heart-pounding tests that will prove she's worthy of the throne. But hidden dangers lurk beneath the rituals of the Ordeal of Queens. Ancestor spirits haunt her. Nightmares plague her. Not everyone wants a follower of the Way Between as the next ruler. Surrounded by warriors and war culture, Ari Ara's commitment to peace threatens her chances of wearing the crown. A hard choice lies before her: will she stay true to what she believes? Or will she stay silent so that she can become queen?
Through triumph and disaster, heartbreak and friendship, Ari Ara rises to the challenges with courage. But then a long-buried secret comes to light ... and the true cost of peace is revealed.
An adventure of courage and spirit. Another must-read in the award-winning Ari Ara Series.
ONE OF THE AWARD-WINNING ARI ARA SERIES
Stories to change the world A new kind of hero
Alaren must wage peace - faster, stronger, better - than his brothers can wage war
When his two older brothers try to start a war, Alaren must gather all his friends to stop it. In a series of clever and creative escapades, he rallies thousands of people to take bold and courageous actions for peace. From the Children's March to the Women's Strike, to the resistance of hawk keepers, blacksmiths, and musicians, Alaren has a hundred tricks up his sleeve . . . and he'll need all of them to succeed
Weaving new epic tales from real-life inspirations, author Rivera Sun brings a new kind of hero to life. The Adventures of Alaren offers perfect stories to teach peace at home, conflict resolution in the classroom, and nonviolence in your faith or peace center. Engaging, inspiring, and unforgettable, The Adventures of Alaren heralds a new era of mythic storytelling . . . one rooted in peace instead of war, nonviolence instead of violence.
Blending fiction and true stories for a whole new kind of folkhero
For teachers and parents: each fictional folktale includes a footnote on the real-life inspiration and discussion questions for classrooms and small groups Explore the sit-ins for peace of the war-stopping women of Liberia. Discover the 80,000-person nonviolent Peace Army of Badshah Khan. Learn the true history of the tree-huggers. Find out how ordinary people have made extraordinary change all over the world.
Kids, parents, and teachers will love the adventures and escapades of this creative and clever peacebuilder Add The Adventures of Alaren to your library today
From the Reviewers of the Ari Ara books...
...should be read aloud to everyone, by everyone, from childhood onward... Rivera Sun writes in a style as magical as Tolkien and as authentic as Twain. - Tom Hastings, Director of PeaceVoice, Professor of Conflict Studies at Portland State University
...a beautiful experience...one that everyone in the world needs - now more than ever - Heart Phoenix, River Phoenix Center for Peacebuilding
...expands the imagination into the possibilities of peace and active nonviolence...this book will prepare our children and ourselves for the real-life world we so desperately need - David Hartsough, Founder Nonviolent Peaceforce, author of Waging Peace
...couldn't have come at a better time. - Patrick Hiller, Executive Director, War Prevention Initiative
...an impressive feat, an exciting story that deftly teaches ways to create a world that works for all...outstanding contribution to the field of nonviolence - Kit Miller, Executive Director, M.K. Gandhi Center for Nonviolence
...everyone can enjoy and embrace these masterfully-told, exciting adventures. - Scotty Bruer, Founder, Peace Now
Rivera Sun's creativity, wisdom, insight and joyful nonviolent activism for all ages fills me with awe and hope. - Veronica Pelicaric, Author, Pace e Bene/Campaign Nonviolence
I love the book It's a great adventure tale, with all the elements of a classic legend, and an even more important message. - Michael Colvin, Fellowship of Reconciliation, National Council Member
ONE OF THE AWARD-WINNING ARI ARA SERIES
Stories to change the world A new kind of hero
Alaren must wage peace - faster, stronger, better - than his brothers can wage war
When his two older brothers try to start a war, Alaren must gather all his friends to stop it. In a series of clever and creative escapades, he rallies thousands of people to take bold and courageous actions for peace. From the Children's March to the Women's Strike, to the resistance of hawk keepers, blacksmiths, and musicians, Alaren has a hundred tricks up his sleeve . . . and he'll need all of them to succeed
Weaving new epic tales from real-life inspirations, author Rivera Sun brings a new kind of hero to life. The Adventures of Alaren offers perfect stories to teach peace at home, conflict resolution in the classroom, and nonviolence in your faith or peace center. Engaging, inspiring, and unforgettable, The Adventures of Alaren heralds a new era of mythic storytelling . . . one rooted in peace instead of war, nonviolence instead of violence.
Blending fiction and true stories for a whole new kind of folkhero
For teachers and parents: each fictional folktale includes a footnote on the real-life inspiration and discussion questions for classrooms and small groups Explore the sit-ins for peace of the war-stopping women of Liberia. Discover the 80,000-person nonviolent Peace Army of Badshah Khan. Learn the true history of the tree-huggers. Find out how ordinary people have made extraordinary change all over the world.
Kids, parents, and teachers will love the adventures and escapades of this creative and clever peacebuilder Add The Adventures of Alaren to your library today
From the Reviewers of the Ari Ara books...
...should be read aloud to everyone, by everyone, from childhood onward... Rivera Sun writes in a style as magical as Tolkien and as authentic as Twain. - Tom Hastings, Director of PeaceVoice, Professor of Conflict Studies at Portland State University
...a beautiful experience...one that everyone in the world needs - now more than ever - Heart Phoenix, River Phoenix Center for Peacebuilding
...expands the imagination into the possibilities of peace and active nonviolence...this book will prepare our children and ourselves for the real-life world we so desperately need - David Hartsough, Founder Nonviolent Peaceforce, author of Waging Peace
...couldn't have come at a better time. - Patrick Hiller, Executive Director, War Prevention Initiative
...an impressive feat, an exciting story that deftly teaches ways to create a world that works for all...outstanding contribution to the field of nonviolence - Kit Miller, Executive Director, M.K. Gandhi Center for Nonviolence
...everyone can enjoy and embrace these masterfully-told, exciting adventures. - Scotty Bruer, Founder, Peace Now
Rivera Sun's creativity, wisdom, insight and joyful nonviolent activism for all ages fills me with awe and hope. - Veronica Pelicaric, Author, Pace e Bene/Campaign Nonviolence
I love the book It's a great adventure tale, with all the elements of a classic legend, and an even more important message. - Michael Colvin, Fellowship of Reconciliation, National Council Member
ONE OF THE AWARD-WINNING ARI ARA SERIES
A wild ride full of danger and adventure
Exiled to the desert, Ari Ara is thrust between the warriors trying to grab power . . . and the women rising up to stop them
The world of her father's people is made of song and sky, heat and dust. Ari Ara wants nothing more than to be a proper daughter to her father, the Desert King. But nothing she does is right She can't sing the songs correctly, her trickster horse bolts, her friend is left for dead, and Ari Ara has to run away to save him. Every step she takes propels her deeper into trouble. A mysterious young songholder offers to guide her, a seer sends them on a wild goose chase, they rescue a young woman from a forced marriage - and accidentally set the army camp on fire Before long, she's swept into a women's uprising against the warriors who are trying to seize power.
Ari Ara has to find her place - and her voice - in this strange culture...but time is running out. Warriors-rule rises across the desert. One by one, the women's voices are being silenced, cut from the Desert Song. Can Ari Ara and her friends restore the balance before violence breaks out?
An amazing story about how young people must navigate the space between fitting in and standing out from the crowd.
This is Book Three of The Way Between - Ari Ara series. It is a complete story and may be read independently, but as one person said The story of this book can stand alone but why cheat yourself? They are fun to read in any order but best is to read the whole series
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From the Reviewers of the Ari Ara books...
...should be read aloud to everyone, by everyone, from childhood onward... Rivera Sun writes in a style as magical as Tolkien and as authentic as Twain. - Tom Hastings, Director of PeaceVoice, Professor of Conflict Studies at Portland State University
...a beautiful experience...one that everyone in the world needs - now more than ever - Heart Phoenix, River Phoenix Center for Peacebuilding
...expands the imagination into the possibilities of peace and active nonviolence...this book will prepare our children and ourselves for the real-life world we so desperately need - David Hartsough, Founder Nonviolent Peaceforce, author of Waging Peace
...couldn't have come at a better time. - Patrick Hiller, Executive Director, War Prevention Initiative
...an impressive feat, an exciting story that deftly teaches ways to create a world that works for all...outstanding contribution to the field of nonviolence - Kit Miller, Executive Director, M.K. Gandhi Center for Nonviolence
Five stars. It's Harry Potter with a contemporary message. - Gayle Morrow, retired Y/A Librarian
...everyone can enjoy and embrace these masterfully-told, exciting adventures. - Scotty Bruer, Founder, Peace Now
Rivera Sun's creativity, wisdom, insight and joyful nonviolent activism for all ages fills me with awe and hope. - Veronica Pelicaric, Author, Pace e Bene/Campaign Nonviolence
I love the book It's a great adventure tale, with all the elements of a classic legend, and an even more important message. - Michael Colvin, Fellowship of Reconciliation, National Council Member
You're in for an exciting ride as incendiary writer Charlie Rider and the unforgettable Zadie Byrd Gray rise to meet the political challenges flung at them from all sides. Freedom and equality loom just out of reach as the outraged corporate oligarchy scrambles to take back power after the Dandelion Insurrection's successful nonviolent revolution. Everyone from schoolteachers to whistleblowers leaps into action to help them confront the forces of corrupt politics. But the struggle turns volatile when an armed group called the Roots shows up. They claim to be protecting the movement . . . but who do they really serve?
Author Rivera Sun's novels are compared to the works of George Orwell, Upton Sinclair, Mark Twain and Barbara Kingsolver. She weaves social protest with the practical and inspiring field of nonviolent struggle, drawing on the legacy of King, Gandhi, Chavez, and countless more. As fiery as Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Chris Hedges and more radical than Bernie Sanders, Rivera Sun's fiction is the perfect companion through the wild ride of our times!
Some Reviews...
If you loved Starhawk's Fifth Sacred Thing, if you loved recently-departed Ursula K. LeGuin's The Dispossessed, if you admire the spirit of the Standing Rock Water Protectors, you will drink in this must-read page-turner . . . an epic story that will move your spirit, bringing tears to your eyes and healing to your soul. - Rosa Zubizarreta, Author of From Conflict to Creative Collaboration
A tale of revolution, resistance and the indomitable power of love . . . skims tantalizingly close to the surface of what could be political reality in these United States in just a few short years. Recommended for wanderers, whistleblowers, and anyone curious about the question of violence vs. nonviolence. - Elizabeth Murray, former Deputy National Intelligence Officer for the Near East, National Intelligence Council and Member in Residence, Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action
Billed as 'Book Two of the Dandelion Trilogy, ' this one makes me hope Sun is punching out Book Three soon and perhaps, like Douglas Adams, will give us, someday, Books Four and Five of the Trilogy. - Tom H. Hastings, Conflict Resolution Assistant Professor, Portland State University
This novel is a nuanced political, moral, and emotional exploration of risks, sacrifices and rewards that a commitment to social justice can elicit in the hearts of some extraordinary people. In reading The Roots of Resistance, I was frequently moved to resist the plot's incessant pull of haste so that I might linger and relish the rich emotional dynamics within such noble characters. A memorable cognitive and emotional journey. - Nim Batchelor, Professor of Philosophy, Elon University
In times of despair, we need hope. In times of frustration, we need inspiration. In times of confusion, we need clarity. Rivera brings us all of these and more. - Stephen Zunes, University of San Francisco
This is Book Two of The DandelionTrilogy. Book One, The Dandelion Insurrection - love and revolution is available through this bookseller. Each book is a complete story and may be read independently. But as one reviewer said The story of this book can stand alone but why cheat yourself? They are fun to read in any order. Also available is The Dandelion Insurrection Study Guide - making change through nonviolent action for practical strategies to make The Dandelion Insurrection real!
Be good to yourself. Get them all right now!