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Harry is starring in his middle school production of A Christmas Carol. He is well prepared and excited, but his dad, Ray, has his mind on work - all the time. So when Ray schedules a meeting during the production, he leaves the show to talk with "Mumbai", and starts his own private version of A Christmas Carol, seeing himself for what he has become - not the father he set out to be.
Dickens's A Christmas Carol script is interspersed with this family story to give the reader perspective, however, the pages of dialogue from the play were a bit tedious. Is there an expectation that the reader already knows A Christmas Carol? I wish Ray had been a child or teenager. I'm not sure kids will connect to the adult and shifting back and forth from script to narrative may prove daunting. I wish Ray had been a child or teenager. I'm not sure kids will connect to the adult and shifting back and forth from script to narrative may prove daunting.
Lisa Librarian
Harry is starring in his middle school production of A Christmas Carol. He is well prepared and excited, but his dad, Ray, has his mind on work - all the time. So when Ray schedules a meeting during the production, he leaves the show to talk with "Mumbai", and starts his own private version of A Christmas Carol, seeing himself for what he has become - not the father he set out to be.
Dickens's A Christmas Carol script is interspersed with this family story to give the reader perspective, however, the pages of dialogue from the play were a bit tedious. Is there an expectation that the reader already knows A Christmas Carol? I wish Ray had been a child or teenager. I'm not sure kids will connect to the adult and shifting back and forth from script to narrative may prove daunting. I wish Ray had been a child or teenager. I'm not sure kids will connect to the adult and shifting back and forth from script to narrative may prove daunting.
Lisa Librarian
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