A Real Christmas This Year
Publisher
Clarion Books
Publication Year
1995
ISBN
9780395701171
Pages
144 pages
Genre
realism
Format
novel
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
Twelve-year-old Megan's efforts to provide a real Christmas for her multiply handicapped brother and the rest of the family cause problems with her best friend and some other schoolmates. Megan loves her little brother Kevin, but she still wishes for the kind of social and family life she could have if he weren't multi-handicapped. An accident causes her home life to become chaotic and unhappy again, but with determination and ingenuity--and in the true spirit of the season--Megan manages to make her Christmas dream come true.
Grade Level
3-5; 6-8
Lexile Measure
680L
Diversity Topics
Disability and Health; Physical disability; low vision; hearing loss; hard of hearing
Main Character
male child; female child
Race/Ethnicities
White
Family Formation
mother and father
Awards
Adventuring with Books: A Booklist for PreK-Grade 6, 1997
Young Adults' Choices, 1997
Keywords
Christmas; holiday; siblings; glasses; hearing aid; babysitting; destroyed equipment; tantrums; behavior issues
Diversity Impact
direct
STARS Citation
Williams, Karen Lynn, "A Real Christmas This Year" (1995). Diverse Families. 1601.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/1601