The Year Without Christmas

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Bantam Books, 1997 - Juvenile Fiction - 183 pages
'Twas the night before Christmas and the night before Christmas and...
Identical Twins Jessica and Elizabeth Wakefield couldn't be more excited about their Christmas Eve tree-trimming party. But while Elizabeth is caught up in the spirit of the season, Jessica is caught up in her favorite subject--Jessica. When she tries to hog all the attention at the party, she winds up destroying the Christmas, ruining Elizabeth's night-- and making a total fool of herself. It's the worst Christmas Eve ever!
Jessica wakes up grumpy on what she thinks is Christmas morning...but she soon discovers it's Christmas Eve all over again! Jessica has a second chance to make everything go her way, but when her selfish plans backfire once more, she wakes up to another Christmas Eve...and another...and another! Will Jessica break the spell and move on to Christmas Day, or is she doomed to spend eternity on an awful Christmas Eve?

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Contents

Section 1
1
Section 2
13
Section 3
23
Copyright

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About the author (1997)

Francine Pascal grew up in New York City and attended New York University. She is the author of the Sweet Valley High series, featuring twins Jessica and Elizabeth Wakefield. She had originally planned the idea for a daytime soap for teens, but a close friend talked her into making the idea into a book series instead. Pascal has also written "Hangin' Out with Cici, which became an ABC After School Special called "My Mother Was Never a Kid", "The Hand-Me-Down Kid," also made into an ABC After School Special, "My First Love and Other Disasters," and "Love and Betrayal & Hold the Mayo." She has also worked on a musical and several adult books, and is the executive director for the Sweet Valley High TV show.