Christmas Spirit: Two Stories
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- Synopsis
- These two Christmas stories especially appealing to middle school girls and boys are set in England. The first story begins with a boy's eager description of the Christmas celebrations with his family, including the gory and glorious details. He tells about flinging the toy robin on the Christmas cake so hard it flies across the room and watching in fascination as his Nana pulls the pink and brown coils and greeny, oval gall bladder out of the as yet unplucked Christmas bird. He reveals that if men at the Chemical factory where his father works aren't careful they can be roasted, boiled or fried. On the other hand, he remembers thinking that the strolling carolers he heard in bed at night were angels singing. On Christmas Eve as he takes lunch to his father, he believes he sees Santa in the elevator. The workers believe this is a sign that a worker will die. The boy is determined to communicate with the hatless Santa so he can prevent disaster. In the second story a lonely upper class girl staying with her uncle, a churchman nobody likes, forms a friendship with a poor boy. Together they rescue a cat and her kittens. She discovers it's the mean housekeeper who has turned everyone against her uncle. Protecting the cat becomes part of her plan to get rid of the nasty housekeeper so people will come to her uncle's church again, and on Christmas Eve, one good thing leads to another.
- Copyright:
- 1992
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Excellent
- Book Size:
- 150 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9780374312602
- Publisher:
- Farrar, Straus and Giroux
- Date of Addition:
- 12/24/09
- Copyrighted By:
- Robert Westall
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- History, Children's Books, Literature and Fiction
- Submitted By:
- Evan Reese
- Proofread By:
- Lissi
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.