Christmasville

by Michael Dutton

Book Overview

On the changing checkerboard of Christmasville, buildings and homes are rearranged annually. The calendar consists of only two pages: December and January. But no one gets any older. And the worst of... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0978665503
• ISBN13: 9780978665500
• Release Date: December 2006
• Publisher: Linden Park Publishers
• Length: 225 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.4" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 12 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 7 and higher

Customer Reviews

What a find!

My mom got me a signed copy of Christmasville at the Courthouse Center for the Arts show in Kingston, RI. I started reading it on December 23rd and just finished this morning, December 26th, and enjoyed it immensely! The absolutely magical concept of a 2-month year, moving buildings, and the same year repeated over and over again is grounded in such detailed, realistic description that the whole thing is at the same time totally implausible and totally convincing. Mary Jane is a fascinating, compelling character, but for me the real star of the story is the world of Christmasville itself, so quirky-but-consistent and so lovingly imagined. A great book for anyone who is interested in looking at the magic of the quaint and ordinary in a new light.

Christmasville

This is destined to become a Christmas Classic. As a life long model and garden railroader, trains and Christmas Villages have been a part of Christmass for as long as I can remember! I am sure I am not the only person who has rested on the floor and watched the train circle the Christmas Village and imagined what it would be like to live(and love)there and begin to give names to the figures and buildings under the tree. Christmasville brings this concept to life! The book is like a box of choclates that you just want to savor and last forever. Alas, you know that it won't so you just hope that the last piece will satisfy as much as what came before and Christmasville does this and more. When it will be made into a movie? If there's any "downside", and this is not the author's fault, the print is a bit small for these 50+ year old eyes to read. Bigger type and PERHAPS a map of the "current" Christmasville would have made the experience even that more sweeter! I now find myself looking forward to the sequel where Mary Jane Higgins tries to....... well I'll let you read Christmasville and let YOU discover what the next book is about!

Christmasville

Michael Dutton has written a wonderful new Christmas classic to be shared with your family year after year. "Mary Jane", our heroine, is determined to solve the mystery of Christmasville that very few people have even noticed, no matter what everyone else in town may think of her mental status. Her strength and determination are inspirational. Mr. Dutton has an incredible imagination and gift for storytelling.

Christmasville

Michael Dutton has written a magical mystery tour of the fascinating mind of Mary Jane Higgins and the village of Christmasville. He efforlessly transports the reader to a place of spiritual reality...you cannot help but to believe as Mary Jane stands up to the entire village, her family and her friends to make herself heard. In spite of it's title, Christmasville is a classic for all seasons, for all ages and will become a family classic to be read again and again. Everone who has read this book is holding their collective breaths for the 'train ride' to "Find Christmasville"

An Incredible Ending

I haven't decided yet if the town of Christmasville evolved as the result of magic or miracle (hopefully, we'll find out in the companion novel - "Finding Christmasville"). What I do know though is that everyone who has read the story has become fascinated by the charm and resoucefulness of Mary Jane Higgins, the heroine of the tale, as she embarks on a series of perilous quests to discover the enigma of Christmasville. (It's only the reader who discovers at the end of chapter one that she actually resides on a 4 x 8 model train platform, erected and dismantled at the beginning and end of each yuletide season). The ending is spectacular - as is the power of faith - which enables Mary Jane to accomplish her objectives, in spite of public ridicule. A true celebration of the individual spirit, and of Christmas' past.