Books with title The Christmas Child

This book is part of the TREDITION CLASSICS series. The creators of this series are united by passion for literature and driven by the intention of making all public domain books available in printed format again - worldwide. At tredition we believe that a great book never goes out of style. Several mostly non-profit literature projects provide content to tredition. To support their good work, tredition donates a portion of the proceeds from each sold copy. As a reader of a TREDITION CLASSICS book, you support our mission to save many of the amazing works of world literature from oblivion.

This short-story is about a well-off spinster lady, Miss Priscilla, who lives in South Wales and who adopted a niece, Rhoda, as an infant. When Rhoda was 18, Miss Priscilla had no choice but to adopt the child of another niece. This child was named Joan. Rhoda and Joan were inseparable until, against Miss Priscilla's plans, wishes, and knowledge, Rhoda ran off, married, had a child, and was deserted by her husband. The rest of the story concerns what happens to Rhoda and her child, and whether she will ever be accepted by Miss Priscilla again.

Ten-year-old Becca Shepherd doesn’t believe in Santa Claus any more and she certainly doesn’t believe she is special – at all! But everything Becca believes is flipped upside down when a madman called The Ice kidnaps Santa and she’s the only one who can save him.Soon she learns of her destiny as The Christmas Child and is whisked off to the North Pole in an attempt to save Christmas. There she finds a polar bear city, snowflake post and an enchanted forest. She uncovers ancient magic and wonder, but also encounters terrible danger at every turn. Can Becca survive this thrilling adventure, save Santa and discover the truth about the magic of belief? Or will she be forever known as the girl who ruined Christmas.