Series: Book 3 in the Pine Cove series
Rating: ****
Tags: Fiction
Summary
'Twas the night (okay, more like the
week) before Christmas, and all through the tiny community of
Pine Cove, California, people are busy buying, wrapping,
packing, and generally getting into the holiday spirit. But not
everybody is feeling the joy. Little Joshua Barker is in
desperate need of a holiday miracle. No, he's not on his
deathbed; no, his dog hasn't run away from home. But Josh is
sure that he saw Santa take a shovel to the head, and now the
seven-year-old has only one prayer: Please, Santa, come back
from the dead. But hold on! There's an angel waiting in the
wings. (Wings, get it?) It's none other than the Archangel
Raziel come to Earth seeking a small child with a wish that
needs granting. Unfortunately, our angel's not sporting the
brightest halo in the bunch, and before you can say "Kris
Kringle," he's botched his sacred mission and sent the
residents of Pine Cove headlong into Christmas chaos,
culminating in the most hilarious and horrifying holiday party
the town has ever seen. Move over, Charles Dickens -- it's
Christopher Moore time.