The Christmas Spider

Christmas promises to be a bitter time of change for Samantha "Sam" McCaslin following the death of her mother. At thirteen years old, tomboyish Sam tries to fill her mother's place on the family's South Dakota ranch, the Bar X. Pressure from her grandparents forces her father to choose between sending Sam to live with them, or seeking a housekeeper to help at the ranch. When Mrs. Six Feathers and her two children, Sarah and Timmy, arrive at the Bar X, Sam deeply resents their coming. She chooses to ignore them as much as possible. But when Sarah and Sam become the victims of Billy Kincaid's vicious bullying, a bond begins to develop between them as they fight back. As Kincaid's behavior becomes dangerously psychopathic, Sam's very life is threatened. With only her quick wits to survive Kincaid's ruthless cruelty, every second counts. Will her friends be able to help her in time, or will she become a victim of Billy's deadly vendetta? At what should be the happiest season of the year, Sam will learn just how important family really is... With The Christmas Spider, Randy Eickhoff has written a warm, wonderful, off-beat tale. Yet, it also illustrates a modern problem concerning the bullying of children in today's society. The timeliness, however, of the Christmas season will make it be a great choice for families to read aloud on Christmas Eve. - Lucia St. Clair Robson Award winning American historical novelist A heart-warming and beautiful fable for a beautiful season. Real people with real, human problems discover through the myth, spirit, and ultimate truth of Christmas that there is healing and hope in the world. Randy Eickhoff has given us an instant classic! - William Martin, New York Times Bestselling Author of The Lost Constitution and The Lincoln Letter


Genre: Children's Fiction