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compelling story of a young college student, Thomas Wagner aka Tom suffers from a devastated traumatic personal loss during high school in which he withdraws from family, his girl friend and friends.
While in college, he makes a conscious decision that life isn't fair when trying to live right so he decides to become a criminal and chooses the crime of a Robber.
He stakes out a sporting good store, He is satisfied with his plans and sets out to commit this crime, While in the store he is caught by his description, 'a retired rentacop', the security guard, Elijah King.
Elijah talks with Tom and decides to give him two choices: meet him for three lessons for the next three nights or go to jail.
Tom relunctanly choose to meet Elijah for the three lessons,
On the third night, Tom is knocking on the door for his last lesson, No answer, Tom knocks harder and loudly, No answer from Elijah however the patroling policemen hears Tom.
Tom explains he is meeting someone inside and they have not answered, Even though the police officers thinks Tom's story is a bit weird they telephone the owner of the store to check out his story.
The owner informs the officers that he has no security guard working for him and no

one by the name of Elijah King works at his store.
The officers repeat to Tom what the store owner said and this bewilders Tom, Now what
Tom then seeks out to find Elijah King by visiting friends that Elijah told him he had helped.
None of them can tell him where to find Elijah but they all had been given life lessons and a small token by Elijah.
Thomas is determine to find Elijah King and HE DOES, Years, later, Thomas is doing well in life until that traumatic experience comes face to face with Tom.
Will this trigger anger and thoughts of crime again or has the lessons been instilled within his heart and reasoning to forgive and forget I won my copy of Elijah's Coin from Goodreads.


Myyear old son read the book before me and he quite enjoyed it, He took the coins that came with the book and has already passed one on to someone else.
The 'life lessons' in this book really meant something to him and he wanted me to share the book with his older brother, who is.
So we read the book again, together, all three of us, It's a simple, short message and was interesting enough to hold the attention of my teenage boys and I enjoyed it even more because of that.
Amazing book that I am very pleased to have received through the first reads program, Without it, I would not have found this book, and I can say that it has inspired me.


The message in this book is simple yet it is one that most people do not get.
And the message is told through a story, Evoke Kindness and Give to Get, Kind of like The Secret and pay it forward,

I loved the book so much that I searched for more information on the book online, and I found the website for it.
I want to teach this book in my classroom, and now I have the opportunity to do so.
Goodreads gave me the book, and now the publisher is giving mecopies of the book, In turn, I will give my students a wonderful opportunity to learn what they can do to be sucessful, and what being successful truly means.
" your life is not about you, It is about what you create, It is not what you gather, It is not the accolades you get during your lifetime, Your family, your friends, the people you come in contact with in your lifetime will rarely remember what you said.
They may remember some of the things you accomplished in your lifetime, But I guarantee you, they will remember, vividly and distinctly, how you made them feel, "

This is how Elijah describes success to Tom in their first encounter, The lessons Elijah has for us all are simple, but if implemented correctly can change lives,

This book was a quick read, but definitely one that I will come back to again and again.
When I had originally started to read this book, my first reaction wasstars, maybe, that this is yet another one of the "life lesson" fables that we are innodated with.
I have read too many of these things to remember them all and they all say the same thing.


This one is clearly different, I really have enjoyed the story in this book so far, Do I think it rises to astar level, . no, but it is close, If there weren't so many of these books on the market, I might say yes, but like those which have proceeded it.
. it is just another one in the mix!

ETA : I took this book back down tostars.
I thoought the ending was corny and went as the majority of these "life lessons" books go.
I don't know if I would investin apage book that is similiar to so many before it.
If you can't get it from the library, I would give it a pass! Elijah's Coin is a stirring and inspirational story about humanity and doing what is right even when it seems wrong.
Its a story about paying it forward, about evoking kindness and how, in order to receive, you need to give.


Tom's life hasn't been the same since his mother's brutal murder, He can't seem to stay focused and finds himself on a path of selfdestruction, He sets out one night to rob a warehouse and instead he meets Elijah King, who sets him upon a new path that will change Tom and those around him, forever.
Handing Tom a coin, Elijah has Tom promise they will meet for three nights whereupon, Elijah will show Tom the error of his ways.
On the third night, Elijah doesn't show and frantically, Tom follows the clues from the words Elijah said during their talks, to track him down.
What Tom finds at the end of the trail isn't quite what he expected, but the lessons he learned along the way, help Tom put his life back in order.


I really enjoyed this book, I liked the spiritual message the book shared, Observe. Think. Believe. Act. Steve O'Brien explains this thoughtprovoking subject in a fresh way that I'm sure all will enjoy.
The book is aimed at younger audiences but I feel everyone can walk away with a message from this book.
Elijah's Coin will make you laugh, cry okay, well, it made me cry, . . LOL and best of all, it will make you think, I was a little apprehensive as I started reading this book as it didn't seem like a book I would be interested in.
Wow, I sure was surprised when I got into the story, A fictional story but a self help at the same time with the GiveGet philosophy, In otherwords, if you want to be successful in work, life, relationships you need to embrace the concept of giving, then you will get.
A philosophy that we should all incorporate into our lives, I highly recommend this book, Oh yes, there are two coins in the back of the book, one for you to keep and another to pass on to another.
"Observe, Think, Believe, Act"

Almost without realizing it or even without wanting to become involved with what seems like another self help book, ELIJAH'S COIN gets under your skin and likely will be one of those books that commands attention so strongly that the entire book will be an evening's entertainment and enlightenment.
The full title of Steve O'Brien's little jewel of a book is 'ELIJAH'S COIN: A LESSON FOR LIFE', but what makes this book so different from other books with a similar philosophy of how to improve your life is O'Brien's ability to create a story with characters about whom we care very much.
It is one choice to preach to the reader about how to approach the possibilities of success and happiness in a didactic manner, and it is an alternative choice to place those same goals in the experience of a lost student.
It just works better.

Tom Wagner is a disillusioned student, 'I'm going to take what I want, when I want it, I'm going to enrich myself, I'm going to set myself on the path to instant riches, The future will be mine, I will be in control, You see, one hour from now I will be a criminal, ' And with that degree of anger Tom breaks into a Sporting Goods Store to rob it, but is caught by a night watchman named Elijah King who instead of turning Tom into the police, talks to him and offers a philosophy to act in a manner of 'Observe, Think, Believe, Act' and leaves him with instructions to return for more lessons and gives Tom a coin that has EK on one side and GG on the other.
What follows is Tom's tutelage interrupted by Elijah's disappearance, leaving Tom with three names of others Elijah has helped.
The remainder of the book is how these three disparate characters affect Tom's belief system and then how Tom lives a life immutable altered by the sage advice of the mysterious Elijah King.


To relate more of the story would be to diminish the impact of reading this fine little book.
Steve O'Brien, himself a lawyer, proves his ability to write not only the ideas in this book, but also some of the more creative courtroom writing around.
There are secrets for the reader to discover and there is much to take away from this book as far as philosophy goes in addition to an included coin that encourages the reader to pay it forward.
More books like this would help our current global problems, but start with your own pleasure and edification and read and absorb this fine book.


Grady Harp
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