Home for the Holidays

This Christmas season, join the girls of the mother-daughter book club for a variety of holiday-themed adventures Becca, Megan, Emma, Cassidy and Jess have plenty of reading material to bring on their trips, too, because the book club is tackling the Betsy-Tacy series before their next meeting on New Year's Eve.

But unfortunately, nothing goes quite as planned for any of the girls. On a Christmas cruise with their families, Megan and Becca fight over the dashing son of the ship's captain. Cassidy and her family fly back to California to visit Cassidy's sister Courtney... but when the West Coast causes homesickness for their former life in Laguna Beach, the family begins to question what state they should call home. And a disastrous sledding accident causes both Emma and Jess to completely change their holiday plans.

Between squabbles, injuries, and blizzards, everything seems to be going wrong. Will the girls be able to find their holiday spirit in time for Christmas?

Author: Heather Vogel Frederick
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Published: 10/04/2011
Pages: 352
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.80w x 1.40d
ISBN: 9781442406858
Audience: Ages 9-12

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 5.1
Point Value: 13
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 149416 / Home for the Holidays


Review Citation(s):
Voice of Youth Advocates 10/01/2011 pg. 380 - Recommended - Readable
School Library Journal 10/01/2011 pg. 93
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2012 pg. 97 - Below Average, With Minor Flaw

About the Author
Frederick, Heather Vogel: - Heather Vogel Frederick is the award-winning author of the Mother-Daughter Book Club series, the Pumpkin Falls Mystery series, the Patience Goodspeed books, the Spy Mice series, and Once Upon a Toad. An avid fan of small towns like Pumpkin Falls, Heather and her husband live in New England, close to where Heather grew up. You can learn more about the author and her books at HeatherVogelFrederick.com.