The Christmas Spurs
by Bill Wallace
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Nick is changed by his younger brother Jimmy's slow death from leukemia, but a small private miracle at Christmastime helps him accept Jimmy's fate and go forward with renewed faith.Tags
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This book is about an Oklahoma family who has to deal with their youngest child getting cancer and the process of his losing the battle.
I enjoyed this book. It was fun to read a book that talks about living and going to places you've actually been. On the flip side it was very sad and I do have to admit it got my tears flowing.
This book could be used in so many different aspects in the classroom. It can be brought out maily to help with if you have a child in your class who suddenly becomes ill.
I enjoyed this book. It was fun to read a book that talks about living and going to places you've actually been. On the flip side it was very sad and I do have to admit it got my tears flowing.
This book could be used in so many different aspects in the classroom. It can be brought out maily to help with if you have a child in your class who suddenly becomes ill.
the book starts off ok but at the ean it makes you wanna cry
Sad, but heartfelt.
when a little boy has lucimea his big brother is annoyed with him .then when he dies the brother is heart broken
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Bill Wallace was born in Chickasha, Oklahoma on August 1, 1947. He received a B. S. from the University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma in 1971 and a M. S. in elementary administration from Southwestern State University in 1974. Before becoming a full-time author, he was a physical education instructor, a classroom teacher, and the principal for show more the same school he had attended as a child. His first book, A Dog Called Kitty, was published in 1980. He wrote more than 30 children's books during his lifetime including Danger on Panther Peak, Trapped in Death Cave, Red Dog, Buffalo Gal, Danger in Quicksand Swamp, Beauty, Aloha Summer, Watchdog and the Coyotes, and Coyote Autumn. He also co-wrote seven books with his wife Carol Wallace including The Flying Flea, Callie, and Me; That Furball Puppy and Me; Bub Moose; Bub, Snow, and the Burly Bear Scare; and The Meanest Hound Around. He received Oklahoma's Arrell M. Gibson Lifetime Achievement Award in 2000 as well as 22 child-voted state awards. He died of cancer on January 30, 2012 at the age of 64. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Original publication date
- 1990
- Dedication
- With love to Noah and Joel, Linda and Jason
- First words
- I didn't like being left alone.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)I won't be alone.
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- Reviews
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- Languages
- English
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- ISBNs
- 4
