Pub Date: September 27, 2022
Dewey: FIC
LCCN: 2021054437
Lexile Code: 0810
Features: Price on Product
Target Age Group: 13 to 17
Physical Info: 0.94" H x 8.53" L x 5.70" W ( 0.93 lbs) 288 pages
BISAC Categories:
Young Adult Fiction | Romance | Clean and Wholesome | Holidays and Celebrations | Family | Multigenerational
Description: "Fifteen-year-old Frankincense (Frankie) Wood tries to pull off the Christmas of her dreams as she juggles trying to keep in touch with her best friend, family dynamics at the family's Holiday shop, and recovering from world's worst first kiss"--
Brief description: Linda Urban has written many award-winning books for young readers, including the novels Almost There and Almost Not, A Crooked Kind of Perfect, Hound Dog True, The Center of Everything, and Talk Santa to Me. For ten years, she served as marketing director at Vroman's Bookstore in Pasadena, California. Currently, she teaches in the Writing for Children and Young Adults program at Vermont College of Fine Arts. She has been visited by only one ghost, and he was not at all snooty. Visit her at LindaUrbanBooks.com.
Review Quotes: "The romantic plotline is strong but does not overshadow the treatment of friendship, grief, money worries, and more. Readers will relate to Francie's feelings. . . Will delight readers looking for a romance with humor and heart." -- "Kirkus Reviews"