A Christmas for Katie: A Christmas Families of Honor Novella

by Shelley Shepard Gray

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!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780062242549
Publisher:	HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date:	11/20/2012
Series:	Families of Honor Series
Sold by:	HARPERCOLLINS
Format:	eBook
Pages:	128
Sales rank:	397,940
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Shelley Shepard Gray is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author, a finalist for the American Christian Fiction Writers prestigious Carol Award, and a two-time HOLT Medallion winner. 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.

Editorial 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.

Kirkus Reviews

...full of the warmth of the Christmas season, this charming story is a perfect reminder of what the holiday is all about!” — Reader to Reader on A CHRISTMAS FOR KATIE

“An engaging, romantic love story...of faith, family and misunderstandings highlights the rich magic of Christmas and why it’s known as the blessed season of love, forgiveness and joy.” — Midwest Book Review on A CHRISTMAS FOR KATIE

“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.” — Romantic Times BOOKclub

“A sweet, straightforward story about how love can be tested by family, faith, and personal insecurity. Enjoyable and heartwarming.” — USA Today

“A story of love and forgiveness, Gray paints a stirring picture of Christmas time and the magic it can have on people.” — The Deseret News

From the Publisher

A sweet, straightforward story about how love can be tested by family, faith, and personal insecurity. Enjoyable and heartwarming.

USA Today

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.

Romantic Times BOOKclub

A story of love and forgiveness, Gray paints a stirring picture of Christmas time and the magic it can have on people.

The Deseret News

An engaging, romantic love story...of faith, family and misunderstandings highlights the rich magic of Christmas and why it’s known as the blessed season of love, forgiveness and joy.

Midwest Book Review on A CHRISTMAS FOR KATIE

...full of the warmth of the Christmas season, this charming story is a perfect reminder of what the holiday is all about!

Reader to Reader on A CHRISTMAS FOR KATIE

A sweet, straightforward story about how love can be tested by family, faith, and personal insecurity. Enjoyable and heartwarming.

USA Today

"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."

Romantic TimesBOOKclub