A Christmas for Katie: A Christmas Families of Honor Novella [NOOK Book]

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Will a little Amish girl make a Christmas miracle?




It isn't easy to be Katie Weaver. Her sister-in-law Ella is about to have a baby, making Katie an aunt for the second time . . . and she's only six and a half! Plus, her favorite librarian, Miss Donovan, seems sad. She won't even fix up the rundown ...

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A Christmas for Katie: A Christmas Families of Honor Novella

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Overview


Will a little Amish girl make a Christmas miracle?




It isn't easy to be Katie Weaver. Her sister-in-law Ella is about to have a baby, making Katie an aunt for the second time . . . and she's only six and a half! Plus, her favorite librarian, Miss Donovan, seems sad. She won't even fix up the rundown nativity in front of the library in time for Christmas. Then, an old woman is attacked outside the library, and, one by one, the nativity figures start to disappear!




Luckily, there's a new deputy in town, Connor Fields.




He takes a real liking to Miss Donovan . . . and he promises to find the missing nativity pieces for Katie.




Now, all Katie has to do is pray that Ella's delivery goes well and that some kind of nativity is in place for Christmas Eve. Oh, and that Miss D. falls in love with Connor. Katie knows from watching her three brothers that it makes people real happy. And that would be a Christmas miracle indeed!

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Kirkus Reviews
The story of a precocious 6-year-old, Katie, whose Christmas wish list is not for toys and gifts for herself, but rather for good things to happen to people she cares about. She also wishes for a newer, fresher Nativity scene to replace the cracking, peeling plastic figures outside the town library since, as she explains to the adults who question her, the Nativity scene is very important. As the story unfolds, the sad librarian who once dated and loved Katie's older brother, only to be rejected by him when he decided he must marry within his Amish faith, finally finds true love and is able to forgive the man who broke her heart. After a bit of a scare, the wife of another of Katie's older brothers delivers a healthy, happy baby that the couple decides to name in honor of Katie. The dilapidated Nativity figures begin to disappear somewhat mysteriously, but in the end, the whole town comes together in a live reenactment of the important Nativity scene just as Katie imagined and hoped that they would. The author was a schoolteacher before she started to write best-selling fiction, which probably explains why the character of Katie, while unusually precocious, comes across as credible. The adult characters are also believable and likable. This brief novel is appropriate for children (as long as they are as precocious as Katie) as well as young adults and older adults intrigued by the often surprising wisdom and insight of young children.
The Deseret News
"A story of love and forgiveness, Gray paints a stirring picture of Christmas time and the magic it can have on people."
Romantic TimesBOOKclub
"Gray’s latest embodies the meaning of Christmas. It is a reminder that all situations — good, bad or inconvenient — happen for a reason: It is God’s plan."
USA Today
"A sweet, straightforward story about how love can be tested by family, faith, and personal insecurity. Enjoyable and heartwarming."
Romantic Times BOOKclub
“Gray’s latest embodies the meaning of Christmas. It is a reminder that all situations — good, bad or inconvenient — happen for a reason: It is God’s plan.”
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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780062242549
  • Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
  • Publication date: 11/20/2012
  • Sold by: Harpercollins
  • Format: eBook
  • Pages: 100
  • Sales rank: 9,837
  • File size: 2 MB

Meet the Author

Shelley Shepard Gray is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of the Sisters of the Heart, Seasons of Sugarcreek, Secrets of Crittenden County, and Families of Honor series. She lives in southern Ohio, where she writes full-time, bakes too much, and can often be found walking her dachshunds on her town's bike trail.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted December 10, 2012

    Amish six yearl girl

    This book is about by an Amish girl of six. It is a bit unbelievable, the things she says and does. It is about 70 pages of storyline. It is cute. No sex, cursing or worldly thoughts. Recommended for readers 12 and up. Just too short for what I paid for it and I like my heroines a bit older. This seemed more like a children's book, but had adult topics in it.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted April 16, 2013

    Katy

    You start babe

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  • Anonymous

    Posted April 16, 2013

    Joey

    Hey

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  • Anonymous

    Posted March 22, 2013

    Jay to Kati

    Happy Birthday!

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  • Anonymous

    Posted March 21, 2013

    To katie from kelsy

    Hey how old r u

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  • Anonymous

    Posted March 23, 2013

    Z to katie

    Ok. U start.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted April 28, 2013

    Katie to Jordan

    Go to our book now * comes up to you and kisses you * i missed you

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  • Anonymous

    Posted April 18, 2013

    Jordan to katie

    Hi!!!

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  • Anonymous

    Posted February 1, 2013

    my reviw

    I really love books written by shelley sharpard. I always recommand to my friends books written by her.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted January 1, 2013

    Sweet story

    Neat storylines. Good mix of Amish and english.

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