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Pub Date Aug 01 2025 | Archive Date Jul 31 2025
Literary Press Group of Canada | Linda Leith Publishing

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Description

Geoffrey isn't too thrilled about having to spend Christmas weekend at his dad's cottage in the Laurentians. The Internet is so lousy Geoffrey can't play computer games. Even worse, there's Rebekah, his dad's latest girlfriend. Rebekah is unbearably cheerful and for someone Jewish, she's way too into Christmas. It doesn't help that Geoffrey's kid sister Angela and the family dog, Paprika, give Rebekah a chance.

A freak storm traps the family in the cottage. When a late-night cooking experiment goes terribly wrong, Geoffrey and his sister get to know Rebekah in ways they could never have expected.

Geoffrey isn't too thrilled about having to spend Christmas weekend at his dad's cottage in the Laurentians. The Internet is so lousy Geoffrey can't play computer games. Even worse, there's Rebekah...


A Note From the Publisher

Monique Polak is the author of 34 books for young people. She is a three-time winner of the Quebec Writer's Federation Janet Savage-Blachford Prize for Children's and YA Fiction (formerly the QWF Prize for Children's and YA Fiction).

In addition to writing many stories for the Montreal Gazette, Monique taught at Marianopolis College for 35 years.

Monique Polak is the author of 34 books for young people. She is a three-time winner of the Quebec Writer's Federation Janet Savage-Blachford Prize for Children's and YA Fiction (formerly...


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Available Editions

EDITION Paperback
ISBN 9781773901770
PRICE CA$16.95 (CAD)
PAGES 80

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