by Patricia Reilly Giff (Author), Blanche Sims (Illustrator)
Each student in Ms. Rooney's room celebrates the December holidays by being a secret pal to a classmate.
Front Jacket
Emily is stuck with crybaby Jill Simon as her "secret Pal" to be kind to for the whole month of December.
Author Biography
Patricia Reilly Giff has recieved the Newbery Honor for Pictures of Hollis Woods and Lily's Crossing, which is also a Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor Book. Nory Ryan's Song was named an ALA Best Book for Young Adults and an ALA Notable Book.
Blanche Sims is a children's book illustrator, born in Cleveland, Ohio. She has illustrated dozens of books, as well as the television film Beyond the Butterfly, which won a Parents' Choice Foundation commendation for television in 2000.
Number of Pages: 80
Dimensions: 0.3 x 7.66 x 5.18 IN
Illustrated: Yes
Publication Date: April 16, 1997
Accelerated Reader:
Quiz Name: December Secrets
Interest Level: Lower Grades, K-3
Reading Level: 2.7
Point Value: 1