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Winner of a Readers' Favorite Five Stars Award and a 2024 Family Choice Award. In the blustery winter of 1938, the Bieman Buddies' sledding adventure abruptly ends, due to a horrible storm. They huddle in the train station with Major Morris, the local wartime hero, and his golden retriever, Honey. Uncle Morrie captivates the children with one more engaging life story before they rush home to escape the winter wipeout. Eliot's father, Adam Bieman, has become the town doctor, but Eliot is a boy who hates to take chances. When Honey drops his master's hat by their back door and bolts off barking, Eliot and his younger sister, Abbie, realize Uncle Morrie is missing. Yet the rescue team cannot look for him in the treacherous snowy conditions. The Bieman Buddies pray for their own Hanukkah miracle. At first light, the villagers join in the intense search, including Eliot's uncle, whose family recently arrived from Germany after Kristallnacht, the ""Night of Broken Glass."" Eliot leads the rescue effort and discovers that his sister becomes his best ally. What Doc Bieman reveals will shock everyone to the core. This charming American tale references the winter hotel business in the Catskill Mountains and captures the essence of Hanukkah, a story of miracles and survival. Through the beautiful descriptions and extraordinary illustrations, Eliot and Abbie will tug at your heartstrings. A treasured holiday book to enchant readers ages 9 and up.

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Author Yvonne David has always embraced language and literature. Her qualifications from the Language Tuition Centre in London, England, include interpreter/translator in French and English. She earned a degree in English and Organizational Communications, graduating summa cum laude from Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida. Yvonne has written many articles for magazines and newspapers, several reaching worldwide markets. She is the author of the global award-winning children's book, Out of the Apple Orchard, illustrated by Lyn Rodden. Yvonne is currently co-producing the Mesaper Theater's heartwarming Off-Broadway stage adaptation by Ellen W. Kaplan and directed by Nicole Raphael. Her passion for language and literature brightens her world as she makes a difference through creative expression, recreating the golden days of the Catskill Mountains for a new generation. Artist Robert Sauber developed a passion for art from an early age, illustrating ads for local stores. He created children's filmstrips for Gallaudet University in Washington, DC, teaching deaf kids how to read. Robert received his BA from the Art Center College of Design in Los Angeles, where he was the first student in his class to be honored to have a painting in the Art Center gallery. In New York City, he developed book covers, magazine stories, and children's books for companies such as Random House and Simon & Schuster. His quest in painting has always been to share a storytelling quality that brings out the humanity in all of us, especially in nature and landscapes. He encourages inspiration in others and hopes for people to reflect and say, ""I want to be there!""

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