Wednesday, December 8, 2010

A Bit of Holiday Cheer...

Hey Teens and Tweens...
Looking For A Good Holiday Read?
Why Not Check Out One Of These Books
!

Mistletoe: Four Holiday Stories
Four popular teen authors, Hailey Abbott, Melissa de la Cruz, Aimee Friedman, and Nina Malkin offer a wide variety of tales for the Holiday season.

The Princess Present by Meg Cabot
Join Princess Mia on her Christmas adventures in Genovia with her boyfriend, Michael, and her best friend, Lilly.

Holiday Princess by Meg Cabot
Princess Mia from the Princess Diaries gives suggestions on gifts, fashion tips, party ideas, recipes and craft ideas for the holiday season.

What Child Is This by Caroline B. Cooney
When seventeen-year-old Matt tries to find a family for an eight-year-old foster child, his attempt backfires and both of them need a Christmas miracle.

Jingle Boy by Kieran Scott
Paul has always loved Christmas.But when the mall Santa steals his girlfriend, Christmas lights nearly burn his house down and his mom gets fired, Paul feels distinctly anti-Christmas. Can Paul rekindle his holiday spirit or will he turn into a modern day scrooge?

Dash and Lily's Book of Dares by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan
Told in the alternating voices of Dash and Lily, two sixteen-year-olds carry on a wintry scavenger hunt at Christmas-time in New York, neither knowing quite what--or who--they will find.

Let It Snow: Three Holiday Romances
by John Green, Maureen Johnson, Lauren Myracle
In three intertwining short stories, several high school couples experience the trials and tribulations along with the joys of romance during a Christmas Eve snowstorm in a small town.

Kringle by Tony Abbott
In the fifth century A.D., as order retreats from Britain with the departing Roman Army, orphaned, twelve-year-old Kringle determines to rescue his beloved guardian from the evil goblins who terrorize the countryside by kidnapping and enslaving humans and, in the process, with the help of elves and others along the way, discovers his true destiny.

The Steps by Rachel Cohn
12-year-old Annabel spends holiday break in Sydney Australia with her father and his new family.

Sam I am by Ilene Cooper
Twelve-year-old Sam, the son of a Jewish father and Christian mother, struggles to understand
religion and its role in his family's life during the Hanukkah and Christmas holidays.

Starry, Starry Night : Three Holiday Stories by Lurlene McDaniel
In three touching novellas - Christmas Child, Last Dance, and Kathy's Life - teens wish upon a star during the holiday season.

A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
The classic tale where Scrooge learns the true meaning of Christmas when three ghostly visitors review his past and foretell his future.


The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry
The classic tale in which a husband and wife sacrifice treasured possessions so that they may buy each other Christmas presents.



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