基本信息·出版社：Scholastic Paperbacks ·页码：160 页 ·出版日期：2007年10月 ·ISBN：0439745896 ·条形码：9780439745895 ·装帧：平装 ·正文语种 ...
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基本信息·出版社：Scholastic Paperbacks
·页码：160 页
·出版日期：2007年10月
·ISBN：0439745896
·条形码：9780439745895
·装帧：平装
·正文语种：英语
·丛书名：Apple Signature Edition
·外文书名：圣诞夜
内容简介 Eight-year-old Tess is convinced this is the year she will finally meet Santa and experience the "Christmas magic." She also wishes with all her heart that her best friend's ill father will recover. Tess's faith in the season results in a Christmas Eve so wondrous, so sparkling, readers won't be able to help but feel transformed. Like trimming the tree and "It's a Wonderful Life"; baking cookies and "White Christmas"; ON CHRISTMAS EVE is sure to bring new holiday magic to readers' lives.
作者简介 ANN M. MARTIN’s The Baby-sitters Club is one of the most popular series in the history of publishing, with more than 175 million books in print. She is also the author of the acclaimed novels Belle Teal, A Corner of the Universe (a Newbery Honor book), Here Today, and A Dog’s Life. She lives in New York, New York.
编辑推荐 From School Library Journal Grade 3-5–Nine-year-old Tess believes in Santa–truly believes. And on Christmas Eve, she gets to see the magic: the animals talk and Santa, the
real Santa, arrives. But will he save Tess's best friend's father from dying of cancer? Tess learns about magic, miracles, and the power of hope in a satisfying story that mostly avoids sentimentality and an excess of Christmas sparkle. A full-page, decorative black-and-white watercolor painting opens each chapter.
–Susan Patron, Los Angeles Public Library Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. From Booklist Even though Tess is eight, she still believes in Santa, and she's particularly anxious to see him this year because she has a special request. Her friend Sarah's father is ill with cancer, and Tess thinks Santa will work his magic to save him. Set in 1958, this story harkens back to a simpler time and captures the magic of belief. It is at its best when Tess (who sounds older than eight) describes her small-town life, punctuated by the activity of the holidays. The sadness Sarah is feeling is effectively portrayed, as are the musings about the mystical. But when Santa actually appears, the mix of the everyday and the supernatural seems strained. The story also moves in fits and starts: the first two-thirds of the book are expansive, but the rest seems cramped with a whole year's events. Yet despite problems with plotting and pacing, Martin's writing can be enticing, reaching out to readers. There are difficult as well as lovely things to think about here.
Ilene CooperCopyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
