Mid-grade reader ages 8 & up
Author:  Sheryle Criswell
Available at :  Amazon.com & Readerseden.com
Published in 2008 by Writers Exchange 68 pages, paperback $10.99 e-book $3.00
ISBN-10: 1921314079 ISBN-13: 978-1921314070

One of the greatest young female protagonists to come along since Ramona Quimby. Bernice Blossom Bolton, a.k.a. Bernie Bolton, is fun, feisty, and ready to take on the world, it seems.

This is Bernie’s story about a Christmas trip to New York City with her grown sister and brother-in-law. When Santa doesn’t make a stop at The Plaza Hotel to drop gifts for Bernie on Christmas Eve, she is furious. After refusing to go to breakfast on Christmas Day, she sneaks out of the hotel to explore Central Park on her own.

Before heading for the park, she takes a stroll down Fifth Ave. and meets up with a few more than interesting New Yorkers and then visits St. Patrick’s Cathedral. During her walk, she begins to learn that the word `gift’ has more than one meaning.

Finally, in Central Park, Bernie meets Ellis Duncan, a remarkable homeless man who, by choice, has taken up residence on a bench by the skating rink. They spend the whole afternoon together, sharing experiences that are completely new to Bernie. The best part of the day is when Ellis’s sister Ruby arrives with a basket full of Christmas dinner. She and Ellis tell Bernie about a along ago Christmas in Harlem, when their mother gave them a special and unusual Christmas gift. It is a story Bernie will never forget, told by new friends she will always remember.

After the cranberry sauce and pie, Ellis and Ruby return Bernie to the hotel and into the arms of her frantic sister. What started out being the worst day of Bernie’s life, ends up being one of the best.

I think you’re going to love Bernie...a new, fresh face for the 21st Century.

Be sure to check out my e-books BERNIE BOLTON’S BROTHER & STRINGS
published by Writers Exchange and sold at
http://www.readerseden.com/manufacturers.php?manufacturerid=43
and other internet book stores.

They will be out in print later this year!

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