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Addy's Surprise

author: Porter, Connie Rose
Addy and her mother forgo their Christmas plans to help the newly freed slaves arriving in Philadelphia during the Civil War.
FIC
year: 2000
copies: 83
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 770
subjects: african americans, christmas [X], mothers and daughters, united states, mother-daughter relationship [X], historical fiction

Prairie Christmas

author: Van Steenwyk, Elizabeth
On the Nebraska prairie in 1880, eleven-year-old Emma finds a way to celebrate the spirit of Christmas while her mother, a midwife, delivers a baby on Christmas Eve.
FIC
year: 2006
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: mothers and daughters, christmas [X], mother-daughter relationship [X], midwives, prairies, christmas stories, historical fiction, holidays

Home For Navidad

author: Ziefert, Harriet
Ten-year-old Rosa hopes that her mother, whom she has not seen for three years, will leave her job in New York and come home to Santa Catarina, Mexico, for Christmas and maybe even longer.
FIC
year: 2003
copies: 5
call number/section: FIC
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The 12 Dares Of Christa

author: Burt, Marissa
Thirteen-year-old Christa's plans for her favorite holiday are derailed when her parents announce their divorce and Christa spends Christmas in Europe with her mom, but even though her dad remains in Chicago, he sends Christa on a scavenger hunt made up of dares that send her all over Florence, Paris, and London.
FIC
year: 2017
copies: 7
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: mother-daughter relationship [X], divorce, travel, christmas [X], florence (italy), italy, paris (france), france, london (england), england

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