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Red Stocking Society
Good sparks good...the spirit of giving comes alive in , Red Stocking Society. Unlike picture books with Santa lore, Red Stocking Society is a fast-paced Christmas adventure for the 21st Century that revives the big-hearted legacy of St. Nicholas. Preteen Bub Olney is disillusioned over Santa and upset his parents can't afford a coveted bike under the tree. Determined to own it, Bub lands a job at mysterious RSS, Inc. where eccentric workers bustle about on a secret mission called the S-Game. In a race against time and a spooky Red Phantom, Bub is charged to perform three good deeds before the bike is sold at auction. While playing the S-Game through harrowing twists and turns, can Bub overcome his self-centered nature to reignite his family's Santa spirit? And if so, might he finally learn the identity of S1--the real Santa? Entertaining and inspiring for ages 9-90, this book also serves as a Santa Manual for grown-ups who face grueling questions from doubters. You'll believe again!
192 pages, Hardcover
Published October 30, 2018
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March 16, 2021
This is a pre-teen (9 year-olds?) Christmas book in this very small town in winter. Fast-paced, and fairly interesting, each chapter keeps the reader working toward the conclusion.
The main characters are Bub (Bart), his little brother Chad, his father, Ron, who has a broken leg but tinkers, fixing things, and his Mom, Chris, who is working two jobs to make ends meet. His family are woefully poor.
Bub covets the red (Crimson) bike in the local toy store window. Chad also covets the Blue Beast bike. Unwittingly, Bub reveals that Santa may not be able to fly around the Earth & deliver toys to ALL the children, which throws Chad into a depression, but he doggedly goes to work shoveling snow out of people driveways, just to help out.
Bub finds a warehouse he has never seen before (???) called RSS Inc. (Red Stocking Society) and gets a job there. It is mostly underground. For instance, there is a Cappuccino machine (Drink-o-nater), that squirts milk, choc milk, eggnog and hot cocoa, all over you, (it tries to shoot it in your mouth) except for the hot cocoa in a cup. The kids wipe their face on their sleeves and go back to work. (UGH!) Typical.
He meets several characters (!), including one called Wahoo, and learns that you wear black stockings when in training, one red one when you have done something commendable, and get to wear both stockings in red when you have attained, well, red stardom. He reunites two brothers, gets even with the junkyard dog, Bugsy, and earns his red stockings. He does earn enough money to get his bike, but finds, in the long run (no pun intended) that Christmas, Santa Claus, and gifts for yourself were not as important as he had thought.
The main characters are Bub (Bart), his little brother Chad, his father, Ron, who has a broken leg but tinkers, fixing things, and his Mom, Chris, who is working two jobs to make ends meet. His family are woefully poor.
Bub covets the red (Crimson) bike in the local toy store window. Chad also covets the Blue Beast bike. Unwittingly, Bub reveals that Santa may not be able to fly around the Earth & deliver toys to ALL the children, which throws Chad into a depression, but he doggedly goes to work shoveling snow out of people driveways, just to help out.
Bub finds a warehouse he has never seen before (???) called RSS Inc. (Red Stocking Society) and gets a job there. It is mostly underground. For instance, there is a Cappuccino machine (Drink-o-nater), that squirts milk, choc milk, eggnog and hot cocoa, all over you, (it tries to shoot it in your mouth) except for the hot cocoa in a cup. The kids wipe their face on their sleeves and go back to work. (UGH!) Typical.
He meets several characters (!), including one called Wahoo, and learns that you wear black stockings when in training, one red one when you have done something commendable, and get to wear both stockings in red when you have attained, well, red stardom. He reunites two brothers, gets even with the junkyard dog, Bugsy, and earns his red stockings. He does earn enough money to get his bike, but finds, in the long run (no pun intended) that Christmas, Santa Claus, and gifts for yourself were not as important as he had thought.
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