(Don't deny it... most of us have at least one Gertrude and Herbert in the family. It doesn't mean we don't love them, it just means being inundated with magic tricks and hearing all about Bridge Club isn't our favorite thing.)
If you're looking for some reading material so you look busy at the family gathering, or just to keep you occupied during winter break, these will get you in the spirit of things.
Told in the alternating voices of Dash and Lily, two sixteen-year-olds carry on a wintry scavenger hunt at Christmas-time in New York, neither knowing quite what--or who--they will find. (A sequel titled The Twelve Days of Dash & Lily just came out in October!)
If you love holiday stories, holiday movies, made-for-TV-holiday specials, holiday episodes of your favorite sitcoms and, especially, if you love holiday anthologies, you're going to fall in love with My True Love Gave to Me: Twelve Holiday Stories by twelve bestselling young adult writers, edited by the international bestselling Stephanie Perkins. Whether you enjoy celebrating Christmas or Hanukkah, Winter Solstice or New Years, there's something here for everyone. So curl up by the fireplace and get cozy. You have twelve reasons this season to stay indoors and fall in love
In three intertwining short stories, several high school couples experience the trials and tribulations along with the joys of romance during a Christmas Eve snowstorm in a small town.
When seventeen-year-old Lila Beckwith's parents go on vacation, her plans to throw a huge Christmas party are thwarted by her younger brother and his best friend, who leave on a mission to save the North Pole from global warming, and she must join forces with her ex-boyfriend to get the youngsters safely home.
To find her abducted father and keep her sister safe from the lecherous politicians of 1899 New York City, seventeen-year-old Clara must journey to the wintry kingdom of Cane, where Anise, queen of the faeries, has ousted the royal family in favor of her own totalitarian, anti-human regime. Inspired by The Nutcracker.
Penny has a secret. Under the alias GirlOnline, Penny blogs her hidden feelings about friendship, boys, high school drama, her quirky family, and the panic attacks that have begun to take over her life. When things go from bad to worse at school, her parents accept an opportunity to whisk the family away for Christmas at the Waldorf Astoria in New York City. There, she meets Noah, a gorgeous, guitar-strumming American. Suddenly Penny is falling in love—and capturing every moment she spends with “Brooklyn Boy” on her blog. But Noah has a secret, too, one that threatens to ruin Penny’s cover—and her closest friendship—forever.
When seventeen-year-old Matt tries to find a family for an eight-year-old foster child, his attempt backfires and both of them need a Christmas miracle.
When Sierra falls for Caleb, a boy who made a terrible mistake years before, she is determined to help him find forgiveness, despite the disapproval and suspicions they meet.
Right before winter break, fourteen-year-old Molly Rosenberg reluctantly volunteers to participate in Santa Monica's annual homeless count, just to get her school's community service requirement out of the way. But when she ends up meeting Red, a spirited homeless girl only a few years older than she is, Molly makes it her mission to reunite her with her family in time for Christmas. This turns out to be extremely difficult--because Red refuses to talk about her past. There are things Molly won't talk about either. Like the awful thing that happened last winter. She may never be ready to talk about that. Not to Red, or to Cristo, the soulful boy she meets while riding the Ferris wheel one afternoon.
The day before Christmas, money goes missing from a donation box at GoodFoods Market and Chloe and five of her teenage coworkers--held in the break room until the police arrive--try to identify the real thief.
So there you have it. Ten excellent distractions from your baby cousin screaming over new Christmas toys.
All kidding aside, we at the Easton library hope that no matter what you celebrate, no matter who your family is, no matter what your traditions are, that you have a peaceful, safe, and love-filled holiday.
WE HEART YOU!
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