Starry, Starry Night: Three Holiday Stories

By Lurlene McDaniel

Book Overview

The star that led the three wise men could be the same star wished upon by those longing for a wish to come true. In the opening novella, "Christmas Child," 15-year-old Melanie feels cheated when her... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0553571303
• ISBN13: 9780553571301
• Release Date: October 1998
• Publisher: Bantam Books for Young Readers
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.3" x 0.9" x 4.5"
• Age Range: 12 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 7 to 12

Customer Reviews

FIVE STARS ALL THE WAY

This book is awesome. I sat down almost a whole day and just read this book. I love how it had three different stories in it. I loved all of them i really liked the baby one and i wish tha she would like write like what happens afterwards and so on. She is such a good author i wonder how she gets all these inspiration.

Amazing

In "Starry, Starry Night," Lurlene McDaniel has written three more wonderful stories that will without a doubt make you cry.The first story "Christmas Child," is about a fifteen year old girl named Melanie, and her mother is pregnant. Melanie is extremely excited to be an older sister, and has already finished painting the nursery and buying Christmas presents for the baby. Five days before Christmas, her mom goes into labor - and Jessica is born. But there's one problem, Jessica has a terminal illness that can't be fixed...she will die within a few days. Even though Jessica is only in the family's lives for a few days, she changes each of them forever.This story made me cry, it's a great one!"Last Dance" is my favorite of the 3 stories. Brenda gets a phone call from a Mrs. Drake, and she's asking her to go out with her son, Doug. Doug has cancer, and his wish is to go out with Brenda, because, according to him "She's the most beautiful girl in the world." Brenda really begins to fall for Doug, but, will it all work out in the end?"Kathy's Life" is the last story in the book, and my least favorite. Ellie has it all: the boyfriend, the popularity, and...oh yeah, the divorced parents. But when Ellie and Kathy are assigned to do an English project together, they both change, for better. Kathy is the live in nanny for a young couple's son, Christian. When Ellie and Kathy begin to talk, Ellie finds out a big secret, about why Kathy is the way she is.All the stories in this book are good, but Ellie's (Kathy's Life) story is pretty racy at first...it's pretty different than any other Lurlene McDaniel book in that sense. Overall grade: A-

"Starry, Starry Night

This is ine of my favorite books that Lurlene McDaniel has ever writen. In the first story "The Christmas Child" Melanie a fifteen year old girl fells cheated when her baby sister ,Jennifer, born during the holidays dies ofa disease called Anenacephalec. That is when a baby's top part of their head isn't developed. But the baby's brief life shows Melanie the lasting value of love. In the second story "the Last Dance" Brenda finds herself in a one win one lose situation. You see Brenda likes this guy named Matt and this guy named Doug lkes her. Brenda gives Matt her phone number but never calls. Doug has Leukemia and still has called her several times. She ahs to choose between the two and decides that Doug is the one she wants. But she only likes him as a friend. doug askes brenda to the winter ball but come to find out,later that Doug can't go becuase his cancer is getting worse. Brenda decides to bring the dance to Doug instead of going herself. Doug and Brenda both know that Doug won't make it throught he night so Brenda stays with him. In the last story ellie meets this one girl named Kathy who lives with these millionares ina huge mansion. Come to find out that Kathy actually babysits their child. But is it really the millionares child..........? Read it to find out. I would recommend this book to who ever likes a good book. But I reccomend that you start in the morning because youa cant put it down. Seventh grade and up is better because you have to understand the concept of lasting love. Although it is rated a 4.9 reading level you do have to understand the lasting value of love.

Great a must have book !!!

It was a great book. It gives you tears at the end but you just crave more of her books. I fell right in to the book. I read it in one day but it was great(sad but great).

McDaniel makes me want to make my life better!

Everytime I read one of her books I end up crying! I loved this one! The bond of friendship and family in this book makes me want to do something special for the people I love, and I know anyone who's read this, will agree with me!