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Christmas Carol & the Defenders of Claus

by Robert L. Fouch
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Carol really loves Christmas. The decorating and shopping, the Christmas sweaters and music—she wishes it all could be a year-round event. The only downside to the holiday is that she lives in Florida (not exactly the land of snow) and her only family is her Uncle Christopher, who adopted Carol when she was young, after her father's disappearance and mother's death. Her uncle owns a toy company and is super rich—but he's a grinch and a workaholic.
Then, on a magical December trip to NYC, Carol meets her destiny. Santa—the real man with the bag—meets Carol at the top of Rockefeller Center, overlooking the tree. There he explains that Carol is descended from a long line of Defenders of Claus, those who protect and serve Santa. Carol's dad was a Defender. And now Carol has been tapped to fulfill his legacy.
Who would want to hurt Santa? Someone pretty scary and shady, it appears—a masked man who's trying to destroy Christmas! Carol is whisked off to the North Pole on the adventure of a lifetime. Can she help save Santa before it's too late?

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  • Release date

    October 10, 2017

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Read

      • ISBN: 9781510724594
      • File size: 843 KB

    • EPUB ebook

      • ISBN: 9781510724594
      • File size: 841 KB

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Kirkus

      September 1, 2017
      A chance encounter with a reindeer reveals 12-year-old Carol's secret powers, which she will need if she is to save Christmas from a terrible threat. Carol has more abilities than the average Defender of Claus, but she must learn to harness them or risk hurting herself and others. Enter the odd Mr. Winters, who promises to train her before the upcoming holiday season. But even with his tutelage, Carol is unprepared for all that she learns about herself and her family. When she picks up a distress call from a missing Defender, she accompanies Santa and the other Defenders on a rescue mission to the Dominican Republic. There they discover the masked villain's evil plan: to destroy Santa and ruin Christmas for the entire world. While the depiction of the North Pole is beguiling, the beautiful setting is not enough to overcome a predictable mystery, a whiny heroine, and a disjointed narrative. Mr. Winters is an innocent tutor, but his secretiveness and request that Carol run away with him present a troubling message that will have alert readers wondering how much they can trust him. While Carol and the other principals are mostly white, Defenders come from as far away as the Dominican Republic, Nigeria, and Japan. Promising but problematic. (Adventure. 8-12)

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  • OverDrive Read
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