Publisher's Synopsis
In the tradition of Rules, The Benefits of Being An Octopus and Fish In A Tree, this is an inspiring and heartwarming middle grade novel about finding your voice, growing in inner strength and discovering the true meaning of family.
The whole world, it seems, is getting ready for Christmas.
Stores play Christmas music. Neighbours hang up lights and gather in the town square for the lighting of the giant Christmas tree. Or they go door-to-door, singing carols. At school, kids talk about what they hope to get as gifts.
Sam hears Christmas carols everywhere. She plays Christmas carols at Youth Orchestra concerts and at her school concert. She hears about presents under the tree and turkey with stuffing and Christmas with all the trimmings.But what is it really like to have a family Christmas?
Hers is a family that avoids the holiday, no matter how much Sam wishes this wasn't so.
And then something magical happens, giving Sam Park her first real Christmas. And with it comes a special gift, possibly giving Sam a way to proclaim who she is and what she is meant to be and to do, in a way that no one - especially Sam - could ever have anticipated.
It could have the power to change everything in Sam's life. But can she risk it?
Sam's Christmas is a heartwarming story about family and finding your own unique voice and the courage to use it, second in the Morley Stories series of novels for YA readers ages 9 to 13.
