| Skipping Christmas Contributor(s): Grisham, John (Author) |
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ISBN: 0385508417 ISBN-13: 9780385508414 Publisher: Doubleday Books OUR PRICE: $19.80 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 2002 Annotation: Imagine a year without Christmas. No crowded malls, no corny office parties, no fruitcakes, no unwanted presents. That's just what Luther and Nora Krank have in mind when they decide that, just this once, they'll skip the holiday altogether. Theirs will be the only house on Hemlock Street without a rooftop Frosty; they won't be hosting their annual Christmas Eve bash; they aren't even going to have a tree. They won't need one, because come December 25 they're setting sail on a Caribbean cruise. But, as this weary couple is about to discover, skipping Christmas brings enormous consequences-and isn't half as easy as they'd imagined. A classic tale for modern times, "Skipping Christmas offers a hilarious look at the chaos and frenzy that have become part of our holiday tradition. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Humorous - General - Fiction | Satire - Fiction | Family Life - General |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2001277586 |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.2" W x 7.6" (0.60 lbs) 192 pages |
| Themes: - Holiday - Christmas - Topical - Family |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 55103 Reading Level: 5.6 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 6.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Imagine a year without Christmas. No crowded malls, no corny office parties, no fruitcakes, no unwanted presents. That's just what Luther and Nora Krank have in mind when they decide that, just this once, they'll skip the holiday altogether. Theirs will be the only house on Hemlock Street without a rooftop Frosty; they won't be hosting their annual Christmas Eve bash; they aren't even going to have a tree. They won't need one, because come December 25 they're setting sail on a Caribbean cruise. But, as this weary couple is about to discover, skipping Christmas brings enormous consequences-and isn't half as easy as they'd imagined. A classic tale for modern times, Skipping Christmas offers a hilarious look at the chaos and frenzy that have become part of our holiday tradition. |