A heartwarming holiday story from Audrey Couloumbis, the Newbery Honorwinning author of Getting Near to Baby. With beautiful writing and an endearing young narrator so honest and full of hope that you cant help but fall in love with him, Audrey Couloumbis tells a story, of a young boy and the grandfather that hes just getting to know, that will make readers laugh and cry and, most of all, appreciate the gift of family.Its a few days before Christmas when ten-year-old Jakes mom breaks her leg, ending up in the hospital. For as long as Jake can remember, its been just him and his mom. So with no one else to look after him, the hospital contacts the gruff granddad that Jake only knows through awkward twice-a-year phone calls. When Granddad shows up, hes nothing like Jake expected.
