Mary’s Son: A Tale of Christmas, written by Darryl Nyznyk, is a wonderful and moving story about the fears of youth and an inspiring read that reimagines the true Christmas story and crowns it with a modern twist.

Sarah Stone is the eleven-year-old heroine in Mary’s Son. She lives a privileged life in an elegant mansion, but is angry about her nonexistent relationship with her father. She enters the guy from across town. His name is Jared Roberts and he barely exists in a city slum called “Sink”. Jared also belongs to a gang of kids who also live hard lives of broken families and a street smart existence. He is as angry about her fate as Sarah is about hers and her “plan of hers” will change both of their lives.

Jared is planning a robbery at Sarah’s mansion that will take place just before Christmas. He anticipates that the robbery will help others see him as the “mastermind” that he is. Now he introduces a strange little man named Nicholas into the lives of Sarah and Jared. His presence is worrying to others surrounding the children, but Nicholas means well and tries to snap Sarah and Jared out of their anger and plans for revenge.

Unsuccessful in his attempts to dissuade Sarah and Jared from destructive futures, Nicholas “kidnaps” the two and transports them to another place in time where a Christmas from long ago demonstrates the true meaning of Christmas and changes their lives. forever.

The Son of Mary speaks to young people in a way they can relate to and understand. Nyznyk demonstrates how the ancient story of Christmas and the birth of Christ can be significant in modern times. Nyznyk writes the story in a way that teaches children and teens what Christmas really means and how that meaning has been lost in the media’s version of expensive gifts, shopping and spending.

Readers of Mary’s Son will experience emotions that bring back memories of what they felt when they first read or saw Dickens’s “A Christmas Carol” or the movie “It’s a Wonderful Life.” It is a reminder that the true story of Christmas exists and that we can successfully communicate to our children that it is okay to love God and others as you love yourself.

What a delight to read a story that helps us move away from partisanship, anger, sarcasm, sniping, and hate. In The Son of Mary, Nyznyk puts Christ back into Christmas by reminding us of our real values ​​and how only by returning to these intrinsic values ​​can we save a society that has ventured so far away from them.

Nyznyk’s characters endure all the problems that modern youth must face in today’s world: isolation, peer pressure, and anger, just to name a few. Mary’s Son: A Tale of Christmas, written by Darryl Nyznyk, offers hope in overcoming the obstacles they face. It is a book that you should definitely put on your Christmas list for a favorite young person in your life.