A Christmas Sonata

Name: A Christmas Sonata
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Author: Gary Paulsen
ISBN: 9781490608396

Author: Gary Paulsen

Narrator: Johnny Heller

Unabridged: 1 hr

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 11/15/2013

Categories: Children's Fiction, Holiday Stories

Synopsis

A young boy and his mother spend Christmas 1943 with relatives in northern Minnesota while his father is fighting in the war in Europe. They take a long journey by train to a snowy land of vast frozen lakes, deep and sparkling cold, and the most magical Christmas tree the boy has ever seen. He knows this will be the last Christmas he will spend with his cousin, who is dying. The boy’s uncle overhears the two cousins say there is no Santa Claus, and in a grand gesture that is nothing short of a Christmas miracle, he restores the children’s faith in the spirit of the season.

About Gary Paulsen

Gary Paulsen is the distinguished author of many critically acclaimed books for young people, including three Newbery Honor books: The Winter Room, Hatchet, and Dogsong. He won the Margaret A. Edwards Award given by the American Library Association for his lifetime achievement in young adult literature. Paulsen has also published fiction and nonfiction for adults.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Josiah

Minnesota winter is as frigid and beautiful as in any Gary Paulsen novel in A Christmas Sonata, a short story intended to restore faith in the magic of the Christmas season. It's just the young boy and his mother this yuletide, the boy's father having shipped out to the battlefields of Europe to len......more

Goodreads review by Rachel

How can magic be important when fear and uncertainty surround us? This brief story captures the cold of a Minnesota winter, the excitement of a trip to visit with dear relatives, and the fear of a family facing terrible news. *read as part of winter re-read of family favorites*......more

Goodreads review by Jacob

"Christmas Sonata" by Gary Paulsen was an easily relatable book. I found it interesting because the main character was the narrator and the main character was a small boy. It was normal for young children to question many things, but after he saw his neighbor dressed in a Santa suit, he just lost hi......more

Goodreads review by Sheree

A beautiful little book about the magic of Christmas.......more

Goodreads review by Jake

Personal Response: I thought the book A Christmas Sonata was a good book, because it was about a little boy’s cousin got sick back in World War II. He would always make up games with him to help pass time and get him to stop thinking about the sickness. One day when the boy was running down the hall......more