Virginia Readers Choice Award
2012 · Middle School · Nominee
About This Book
More than anything, Dessa Dean needed a friend. A friend to love and confide in, a friend with whom she could share her heart. A friend who would delight in all the beauty and joy and fun of Christmas, only four days away.
Hope had just about run out, but then...there came a scratchin' at the door and Dessa Dean's life was forever changed.
Hope had just about run out, but then...there came a scratchin' at the door and Dessa Dean's life was forever changed.
Awards
Beehive Award
2011 · Fiction · Nominee
Colorado Children's Book Award
2011 · Junior Novel · Nominee
Grand Canyon Reader Award
2011 · Intermediate · Nominee
Massachusetts Children's Book Award
2011 · Children's Book · Nominee
Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award
2010 · Children's · Nominee
Rhode Island Children's Book Award
2010 · Grades 3-6 · Nominee
South Carolina Childrens, Junior and Young Adult Book Award
2010 · Children's · Nominee
Volunteer State Book Award
2010 · Grades 4-6 · Nominee
