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By R. L Stine. 1995
Steve Boswell thought that Carly Beth's Halloween mask was great. This year he goes to the store where Carly Beth…
got her mask. His mask is a creepy old man, definitely the scariest mask around. But soon Steve himself is feeling old -- and creepy. Grades 4-7. c1995. (Goosebumps ; 36)By Bernice Thurman Hunter. 1981
A young girl, growing up in Toronto during the Great Depression of the 1930s, knows that Christmas will pass without…
gifts and turkey dinner. Grades 4-7. Followed by "With love from Booky." 1981.By Lurlene McDaniel. 1998
Three short stories taking place at Christmas time. In "Christmas Child" a teenager confronts the death of her newborn sister.…
In "Last Dance" Brenda is confused by a cancer patient's love for her. In "Kathy's Life" Ellie learns to reject high school pettiness. Junior and senior high readers. 1998.By Betsy Cromer Byars. 1979
Jimmie Little's crazy uncle Peter had a bet he could walk across the thin layer of ice covering the swift…
and merciless depths of the Monday River. It had never been done before. Uncle Pete was always foolish and did reckless things that embarrassed Jimmie, but this time the family clown has really gone too far, and Christmas only a few days away. Junior High. 1979.By Louise Rennison. 2003
In this fourth installment from Georgia Nicolson's diary, Georgia finds that it's a tough job being the girlfriend of a…
sex god - he is constantly rehearsing with his band, the stiff Dylans, and then he goes away to the Isle of Man for Christmas. Sequel to "Knocked out by my nunga-nungas". Followed by "... And that's when it fell off in my hands" (DC33378). Grades 5-8. 2003. (Confessions of Georgia Nicolson ; 4)By Jean Little. 2007
Min has nothing - no mother, no birth certificate, no baby pictures, not even a real birthday. After four different…
foster families, she's not surprised to be dumped back with Children's Aid the week before Christmas. Still, a small part of her can't help aching for a miracle - and now she's found an injured dog that needs one too. Some strong language. Grades 4-7. 2007.By Rea Wilmshurst, L. M Montgomery. 1995
A collection of Christmas and New Year's tales in addition to chapters about Christmas taken from the Anne books, all…
of which present the spirit of giving. Junior and Senior High. 1995.By Diana Wynne Jones. 1982
A few days before Hallowe'en, a school for problem children is shocked by an anonymous note that accuses someone in…
class 6B of being a witch. Grades 5-8. 1982. (Chrestomanci series)By Caroline B Cooney. 1997
Sixteen-year-old Matt and eight-year-old Katie have both had enough of foster homes. Matt, however, dreads facing Katie's disappointment when her…
Christmas wish of being adopted doesn't come true. Meanwhile his classmate Liz, who appears to have the perfect family, is dismayed by her parents' hypocrisy during the holidays. Junior and Senior High. 1997.By Louise Plummer. 1995
Six-foot-tall Kate has cataracts and wears thick glasses. Her brother's friend is staying with Kate's family for Christmas, and she…
has always had a crush on him. But he brought along a beautiful college woman. Kate isn't sure she should try to compete for Richard with the new woman, not to mention Kate's flirtatious friend. Junior and senior high readers. c1995.By Margret Rettich. 1978
By Gail Rock. 1974
A touching Christmas story set in a small midwestern town in the 1940's. Every year Addie Mills begs for a…
Christmas tree, and every year her stern father refuses to buy one and will not give Addie an explanation. For children and adults. 1974.By Avi. 2000
Eric Andrick stops feeling bored during Christmas vacation when he becomes deputy to exterminator Anjela Gabrail. Eric swears to attack…
all rats in his vicinity or to pay the penalty. When Eric has second thoughts about killing the rat in his basement, Anjela reveals the penalty. Grades 4-7. 2000.By Kate Seredy. 1941
In this modern miracle tale, gifts of a little toy spade with a red handle and a small tree with…
tiny candles bring hope and love to the lives of many forlorn people. Grades 4-7. 1941.By James Heneghan. 1993
Christmas is just days away, and someone is stealing toys! The O'Brien Detective Agency is on the case, and uses…
clues left at the scene of the crime to trace the identity of the thief. Grades 5-8. c1993.By Miriam Young. 1969
By Joe Ballarini. 2019
The Last Kids on Earth meets Goosebumps in this hilarious new series about a secret society of babysitters who protect…
kids from the monsters that really do live under their beds! When middle schooler Kelly Ferguson's Halloween plans switch from party-going to babysitting, she thinks the scariest part of her night will be the death of her social life. But then Baby Jacob gets kidnapped by the Boogeyman's minions and Kelly learns there's a whole lot more to childcare than free snacks and Netflix. Like chasing shadow monsters, drop-kicking Toadies, and mastering monster-fighting moves like the Naptime Headlock and Playground Punch. Now, with the help of an ancient handbook and a secret society of butt-kicking babysitters, Kelly sets out to destroy the Boogeyman before he brings Jacob's nightmares to life. But when the monsters' trail leads to her school's big Halloween bash, Kelly will have to prove she can save the world-without totally embarrassing herself in front of her friends. Packed with insider secrets from the world of monster hunting, A Babysitter's Guide to Monster Hunting is full of tricks, treats, and terrifying twists!By Ashley Elston. 2019
Sophie wants one thing for Christmas-a little freedom from her overprotective parents. So when they decide to spend Christmas in…
South Louisiana with her very pregnant older sister, Sophie is looking forward to some much needed private (read: make-out) time with her long-term boyfriend, Griffin. Except it turns out that Griffin wants a little freedom from their relationship. Cue devastation. Heartbroken, Sophie flees to her grandparents' house, where the rest of her boisterous extended family is gathered for the holiday. That's when her nonna devises a (not so) brilliant plan: Over the next ten days, Sophie will be set up on ten different blind dates by different family members. Like her sweet cousin Sara, who sets her up with a hot guy at an exclusive underground party. Or her crazy aunt Patrice, who signs Sophie up for a lead role in a living nativity. With a boy who barely reaches her shoulder. And a screaming baby. When Griffin turns up unexpectedly and begs for a second chance, Sophie feels more confused than ever. Because maybe, just maybe, she's started to have feelings for someone else . . . Someone who is definitely not available. This is going to be the worst Christmas break ever . . . or is it?By Rachel Cohn. 2020
For Dash and Lily, it's beginning to look a lot like...distance! Just in time for the series release of Dash…
& Lily on Netflix comes a new helping of love—this time across the pond as best-selling authors Rachel Cohn and David Levithan send Dash and Lily to England. Dash and Lily were feeling closer than ever...it's just too bad they're now an ocean apart. After Dash gets accepted to Oxford University and Lily stays in New York to take care of her dogwalking business, the devoted couple are struggling to make a long distance relationship work. And when Dash breaks the news that he won't be coming home for Christmas, Lily makes a decision: if Dash can't come to her, she'll join him in London. It's a perfect romantic gesture...that spins out of Lily's control. Soon Dash and Lily are feeling more of a gap between them, even though they're in the same city. Will London bring them together again—or will it be their undoing?By Jean Little, Carol Matas, Karleen Bradford, Sarah Ellis, Barbara Haworth-Attard, Norah McClintock, Ruby Slipperjack, Janet McNaughton, Susan M. Aihoshi. 2015
Featuring stories from nine outstanding Canadian authors, this anthology is the perfect Christmas gift for Dear Canada readers, both old…
and new!A Time for Giving includes ten tales of Christmas, following the most recent Dear Canada diarists "the Christmas after" their diary ends. Johanna Leary is reunited with her brother after they were separated at Grosse-Île; Mary Kobayashi spends a second Christmas at a Japanese internment camp; Rose Rabinowitz finds some surprising challenges in her new country, and many more!A Special Gift is a story from Ojibwe writer Ruby Slipperjack to preview her upcoming Dear Canada (coming in Fall 2016!), set the winter before the diarist is sent to Residential School.Contributors include Jean Little (Exiles from the War and All Fall Down), Barbara Haworth- Attard (To Stand on My Own), Sarah Ellis (That Fatal Night), Susan Aihoshi (Torn Apart), Norah McClintock (A Sea of Sorrows), Karleen Bradford (A Country of Our Own), Janet McNaughton (Flame and Ashes), Carol Matas (Pieces of the Past), and Ruby Slipperjack.