The Christmas Tree Hunter

Maude Tuggle, Black Mountain's beloved granny woman, first appeared in the Black Novel books in The Storycatcher, the second novel in the series. Ann Hite revisits Maude's story in this Christmas short story set in 1917. This gives readers a glimpse of Maude as a child before she grows into a woman with a head filled with science and logic. Maude wants nothing more than her father to come home from war in Europe in time to find a tree and open presents on Christmas morning. Every child has a Christmas when they have to choose to believe. As a bonus the author has included a short story, Watercolor Sky, featuring Leigh, Maude's granddaughter she never met. The story takes place far in the future, 1992.


Genre: Young Adult Fiction