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Kringle

Title:

Kringle

Author:

Abbott, Tony, 1952- author.

Call, Greg, illustrator.

Summary:

In the fifth century A.D., as order retreats from Britain with the departing Roman Army, orphaned, twelve-year-old Kringle determines to rescue his beloved guardian from the evil goblins who terrorize the countryside by kidnapping and enslaving humans and, in the process, with the help of elves and others along the way, discovers his true destiny.

Edition:

1st ed.

Physical Description:

324 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Personal Subject:

Santa Claus-Juvenile fiction.

Subject Term:

Orphans -- Juvenile fiction.

Goblins -- Juvenile fiction.

Middle Ages -- Juvenile fiction.

Coming of age -- Juvenile fiction.

Author(s):

Call, Greg,

Publisher:

Scholastic Press,

Electronic Access:

Table of contents

Publication Date:

2005

ISBN:

9780439749428

Publication Information:

New York : Scholastic Press, 2005.

Call Number:

M ABBOTT

Holds: Copies:

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Item Barcode	Collection	Call Number	Status	Item Holds
33607002161712	Middle Fiction	ABBOTT	Searching... Unknown	Searching... Unavailable

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Summary

This coming-of-age story is a tale of fantasy and mystery, of goblins, elves, and flying reindeer, and of how a boy from the humblest beginnings fulfills his destiny.

Author Notes

Tony Abbott was born in Cleveland, Ohio on January 7, 1952. He attended the University of Connecticut, majoring first in music, then psychology, and finally English. He graduated with a bachelor's degree in English literature. After that, he traveled to Europe before returning home and finding work in a variety of bookstores, a library and at an Internet book and magazine publisher.

His first published book, Danger Guys, was written while taking a writing class with children's author, Patricia Reilly Giff. Since then, he's written over 75 books for children ages 6 to 12, including The Secrets of Droon series, The Haunting of Derek Stone series, and The Time Surfers series. Firegirl won the Golden Kite Award for Fiction in 2007 and The Postcard won the Edgar Award for the Best Juvenile Mystery novel in 2009.

(Bowker Author Biography)