'Tis The Season (Main Street #3) [Paperback]

Ann M. Martin (Author)

Book Description

Age Level: 8 and up | Grade Level: 3 and up

The holiday season comes to Camden Falls in this remarkable new novel from Ann M. Martin.

Christmas is coming to Camden Falls, and Flora and Ruby don't know how to feel about it; it's their first Christmas without their parents, and the memories are both happy and sad. Luckily, Flora and Ruby are surrounded by people who care about them -- from their grandmother Min to their friends Olivia and Nikki, who are dealing with challenges of their own. There's also an unexpected visitor: Flora and Ruby's aunt, whose presence promises to shake things up. It's going to be a Christmas that nobody ever forgets....

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

ANN M. MARTIN's The Baby-sitters Club sold over 176 million copies and inspired a generation of young readers. Her novels include Belle Teal, A Corner of the Universe (winner of a Newbery Honor), Here Today, A Dog's Life, and On Christmas Eve, as well as the much-loved collaborations P.S. Longer Letter Later and Snail Mail No More, with Paula Danziger, and The Doll People and The Meanest Doll in the World, written with Laura Godwin and illustrated by Brian Selznick. She lives in upstate New York.

From AudioFile

In this third book of the MAIN STREET series, Flora and Ruby are preparing for their first Christmas without their parents. Main Street in Camden Falls is enchanting during the holidays, filled with twinkling lights in frosted windows and the eager preparations of their grandmother and friends. Ariadne Meyers captures the mix of melancholy and excitement felt by Ruby and Flora. MeyersÕs voice is uniquely suited for adolescent girls, bursting with uncertainty and determination, but she is also skilled with older characters. Flora and RubyÕs visiting aunt keeps herself at armÕs length, but their senior citizen neighbors are charming despite the challenges they face during this Christmas season. Elementary and middle school girls may want to return to this heartwarming book every December, but be warned--itÕs a Santa spoiler. N.M.C. © AudioFile 2008, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 8 and up
  
• Paperback: 208 pages
• Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks; 1ST edition (October 1, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0439868815
• ISBN-13: 978-0439868815
• Product Dimensions: 7.6 x 5.8 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #229,153 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Ann M. Martin is the bestselling author of the momentous series The Baby-sitters Club, as well as the Main Street series. Her other acclaimed novels include "A Dog's Life," "Belle Teal," "Here Today," and the Newbery Honor Book "A Corner of the Universe." She lives in upstate New York. For more information, visit www.scholastic.com/bsc.

Customer Reviews

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Secrets given away!!!!!, January 31, 2008

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Mom Stag "concerned mom" (NY United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: 'Tis The Season (Main Street #3) (Paperback)

I love this book for what it teaches but be careful if your children don't know all the secrets of Christmas yet. Might be a good idea for parents to read first. Hope that makes sense.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Book ruins magic of the holidays, January 8, 2009

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M. J. Taylor - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 'Tis The Season (Main Street #3) (Paperback)

I concur with the other parents who were disappointed that this volume provides such an adult view of Christmas. The series is wonderful, but I was deeply saddened when I read this book with my nine year-old daughter last summer and realized too late that the holiday magic was over. Christmas at my house will never be the same, and that is not one of the "gifts" I thought my daughter would gain from her voracious reading of age-appropriate books.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Courtesy of Teens Read Too, April 16, 2008

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TeensReadToo "Eat. Drink. Read. Be Merrier." (All Over the US & Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: 'Tis The Season (Main Street #3) (Paperback)

I loved this book. I love this series. It is a reminder of the simple yet exciting stories that I read when I was a girl.

Flora and Ruby are orphaned when their parents died a year ago. They went to Camden Falls to live with their grandmother, Min. The books are about their adjustment to living there. I enjoyed 'TIS THE SEASON immensely because it was about Christmas. The traditions of a small town were fascinating and the kindness for others was overwhelming.

But this book wasn't dripping with honey. There is a particular story line of one of the kids in the book having to deal with abuse. One scene actually brought me to tears. The complex problems of the children are written with simplicity, and the problems are just a fact of life and not written with too much drama. I liked that because I think kids need to know that these things do happen in life, but we have to have the strength to live through them.

I loved the description used in the book. Ms. Martin described the decorating of Camdem Falls and I wanted to live there. This is another successful book in a wonderful series!

Reviewed by: Marta Morrison