What Child Is This - Softcover

Cooney, Caroline B.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0330370537 ISBN 13: 9780330370530

Publisher: Pan Books Ltd, 2000

Synopsis

Sixteen-year-old Matt knows not to expect anything of life, or people or Christmas. But his foster sister, Katie, hasn't yet learnt not to hope. When all the foster kids make their Christmas wishes, Katie asks for a family. Matt reckons no-one gets a family for Christmas - do they?

About this title

From the Publisher:

"A heart-tugging story with an upbeat ending...Cooney allows the characters to speak for themselves, eventually weaving their lives together into a fitting climax. A moving, fast paced novel, sure to appeal to Cooney's fans."
--School Library Journal

From the Inside Flap:

Not everyone is lucky at Christmas. Some people would call 16-year-old Liz Kitchell and her family truly fortunate, but it doens't feel that way to her. It seems that only a miracle can give 8-year-old Katie her holiday wish. She wants a family, something she does not have as a foster child. As for 17-year-old Matt, he too is in a foster home and is finally letting himself feel a sense of belonging. When he allows himself to do a good deed for Katie, he doesn't realize what would happen. Is the spirit of Christmas strong enough to grant the impossible?

About this edition

• Publisher: Pan Books Ltd
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0330370537
• ISBN 13: 9780330370530
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 160