Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
November 2012
On Sale: November 20, 2012
78 pages ISBN: 0547581483 EAN: 9780547581484 Kindle: B006R8PDD8 Hardcover / e-Book Add to Wish List
Donald Hall draws on his own childhood memories and gives
himself the thing he most wanted but didn't get as a boy: a
Christmas at Eagle Pond.
It’s the Christmas season
of 1940, and twelve-year-old Donnie takes the train to
visit his grandparents' place in rural New Hampshire. Once
there, he quickly settles into the farm’s routines. In the
barn, Gramp milks the cows and entertains his grandson by
speaking rhymed pieces, while Donnie’s eyes are drawn to an
empty stall that houses a graceful, cobwebby sleigh. Now
Model A's speed over the wintry roads, which must be
plowed, and the beautiful sleigh has become obsolete. When
the church pageant is over, the gifts are exchanged, and
the remains of the Christmas feast put away, the air
becomes heavy with fine snowflakes—the kind that fall at
the start of a big storm—and everyone wonders, how will
Donnie get back to his parents on time?
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