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Hughes, Shirley

The Christmas Eve Ghost

32 pp. | Candlewick | September, 2010 | Trade ISBN 978-0-7636-4472-7 $15.99
(2) K-3 In 1930s Liverpool, Bronwen, her brother, and their washerwoman mother keep "ourselves to ourselves," especially when it comes to the Catholic family next door. The titular "ghost" brings the family closer to their community. Like Dylan Thomas's A Child's Christmas in Wales, the story's strength comes as much from the specificity of Hughes's childhood memories as from the Christmastime setting.
Reviewer: Lolly Robinson | Horn Book Magazine Issue: November, 2010

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