Zac 29

Zachariah is an orphan, born on February 29. His birthday comes around once every four years. His home is an orphanage. He is disliked by the governess. He is hated by the resident bully. His life is hard...and he is always unhappy!Until his twelfth birthday!On a trip to the museum, he comes into contact with a strange, rusty and mythical chain called The Chain of the Leaps, worn thousands of years in the past by special people born on February 29 known as Leapers ...and which gave them twenty-nine awesome wishing powers!This strange artifact is slipped around Zac's neck, and the ancient powers of the chain are come to life! Suddenly Zac finds himself with, perhaps, the most powerful possession in the whole wide world!He can do anything simply by making a wish! Awesome! And then, suddenly, a horrible man called Mr. Happy arrives on the scene! He is not human, and he wants the powers of the chain! The evil Mr. Happy puts a terrible spell on Effie and Bobo, who are Zac's best friends!Now Effie is growing younger, and soon she she will become a baby who must not grow beyond nine months! Bobo is now growing older, and within two days he has become a very old man who is losing his teeth and memory!Zac is now on the run, with the horrible Mr. Happy breathing down his neck!Can Zac save himself, his friends and that mysterious woman he constantly dreams about?A woman who seems to be in prison for a crime she didn't commit, and who could be his mother?Alone, frightened and feeling inadequate, Zac must quickly learn how to master his new powers, and stay a step ahead of Mr. Happy, that fiendish cunning entity who will stop at nothing to get rid of Zac and claim the powers from The Chain of the Leaps!