Some have speculated that The House Without a Christmas Tree by Gail Rock is inspired by true events in the author’s life. Indeed, there are many reasons to think this. Consider that main character Addie Mills lives with her dad and grandmother—and that the dedication reads “To Grandma and Dad”. ...
By Gail Rock, also the author of The House Without a Christmas Tree. Addie and the King of Hearts is the story of first love.
Despite their age difference, twelve-year-old Addie discovers she has something in common with the actress who is otherwise friendless in her old home town.
First, long underwear, wool socks and heavy wool pants; then a carefully planned combination of shirts and sweaters that would fit under my warm, blue wool jacket. By this time in November, the Nebraska weather was getting snapping cold. The leaves were down off the trees, the sky was bright, fal...
I didn’t like what she had done, but I knew she had tried to be friends with me—coming to dinner and to the style show and giving us that wonderful first acting lesson. I thought I owed her something for that. I needed Dad to help me with my plan, so I decided to go out and visit him on his job. ...