Collects "Rags and Riches" and "A Ghost Tale for Christmas Time" in which Jack and his younger sister Annie travel in their magic treehouse to Victorian London when Merlin asks them to use their magic to inspire Charles Dickens to write "A Christmas Carol.".
Contains the story of Ethan Frome, a New England farmer who is married to a hypochondriac, but in love with his wife's lively cousin, Mattie; and includes the novella "The Touchstone, " and three additional short stories by Edith Wharton.
In the slums of Martinique, a grandmother risks all to give her grandson a chance at the education that will enable him to escape crushing poverty and the backbreaking work in the cane fields.
While mourning the loss of the two senior members of the Host Club, who are preparing to graduate and lead separate lives at university, the members of the club are surprised when Mori challenges Hunny to a duel.
kids in the time of Charles Dickens : a nonfiction companion to A ghost tale for Christmas time
Osborne, Mary Pope
Discusses facts behind Mary Pope Osborne's "A Ghost Tale for Christmas Time, " covering topics such as the Victorian lifestyle and the lives of children during the time of Charles Dickens.
Raspberry steals money from a friend in order to get her mother out of a tough situation, and must now face the consequenes and the fear of going down the same path as her drug-addicted father.
A poor family is searching down the back of a chair for Dad's lost car keys and, miraculously in the mess of things back there, their financial problems are solved.
"A 14-year-old girl living in the Jakarta slums who longs to be a writer sees an opportunity to raise money for school fees when she survives a minibus accident and the locals begin saying she has magical good luck. But when the crowd turns against her and she discovers her father's plan to marry her off to an older man, she must summon courage and conviction to write her own story"--Provided by publisher.
