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What Child is This?
- Author
- Caroline B. Cooney
- Narrator
- Ed Sala
- Publisher
- Recorded Books, Inc.
- Publish Date
- 17 January 2014
- Run Time
- 3 hours 45 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
WINNER 1998 ALA Best Books for Young Adults
WINNER 1999 Texas Lonestar Reading List
Katie, a foster child, wants only one thing for Christmas: a family. However, there are no wise men coming from the East or shepherds watching in the fields. There’s also a teenager named Matt, who believes in doing a good deed. And another teenager, Liz, whose family decorates and celebrates but leaves her wondering where the true meaning of the holiday has gone. And Mr. Knight and his son, Tack, who run an inn and put up a tree each season, on which children’s wishes will hang as they hope and wait for them to be granted.
It’s the season of joy, hope, and miracles, but will the Christmas spirit be strong enough to grant those wishes that seem impossible?
"A heart-tugging story with an upbeat ending … Cooney allows the characters to speak for themselves, eventually weaving their lives together into a fitting climax. A moving, fast paced novel, sure to appeal to Cooney’s fans."—School Library Journal
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Details
- Author
- Caroline B. Cooney
- Narrator
- Ed Sala
- Duration
- 3 hours 45 minutes
- Release Date
- 17 January 2014
- ISBN
- 9781490608099
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Recorded Books, Inc.
- Genre
- Children’s / Teenage fiction: General fiction, Children’s / Teenage: Personal and social topics
Synopsis
WINNER 1998 ALA Best Books for Young AdultsWINNER 1999 Texas Lonestar Reading List Katie, a foster child, wants only one thing for Christmas: a family. However, there are no wise men coming from the East or shepherds watching in the fields. There’s also a teenager named Matt, who believes in doing a good deed. And another teenager, Liz, whose family decorates and celebrates but leaves her wondering where the true meaning of the holiday has gone. And Mr. Knight and his son, Tack, who run an inn and put up a tree each season, on which children’s wishes will hang as they hope and wait for them to be granted. It’s the season of joy, hope, and miracles, but will the Christmas spirit be strong enough to grant those wishes that seem impossible? "A heart-tugging story with an upbeat ending … Cooney allows the characters to speak for themselves, eventually weaving their lives together into a fitting climax. A moving, fast paced novel, sure to appeal to Cooney’s fans."—School Library Journal
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