The Bells of Christmas

by Virginia Hamilton

Book Overview

Twelve-year-old Jason Bell waits impatiently for Christmas 1890. Set against the carefully researched background life of a middle-class black family in Ohio a century ago, "Hamilton's story moves... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0152064508
• ISBN13: 9780152064501
• Release Date: October 1989
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
• Length: 64 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.3" x 10.3"
• Age Range: 7 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 2 and higher

Customer Reviews

this book shows the strength of the family

I thought the was very interesting and heart-warming.My favorite part was when Jason and his father went and waited for thier cousins to celebrate Christmas along the National Road.It shows how much love the family shows for each other. By Cynthia Santagata