A Saint Nicholas Eve Carol

By Antony B. Kolenc, Carolyn Astfalk, Leslea Wahl and Corinna Turner

Ebby's been paired with Bear, a kid with Down's Syndrome, for the St. Nicholas Eve Confirmation retreat. One minute she's scheming how to ditch Bear and the next she and her friend Pastelle are transported into a twisted vesion of Dickens' A Christmas Carol.

 

Will Ebby let Bear take the fall for her friends' mischief, or will Ebby stand up for him once she realizes there's a lot more to Bear than she realized?

 

"A Saint Nicholas Eve Carol" is a collective short story written sequentially in individual pieces by four Catholic Teen Books authors and originally presented aloud on Reading with Your Kids Podcast.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Catholic Teen Books
• Release date: Dec 4, 2023
• ISBN: 9798215631430

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A Saint Nicholas Eve Carol

A SAINT NICHOLAS EVE CAROL

A Catholic Teen Books Short Story

ANTONY BARONE KOLENC CAROLYN ASTFALK LESLEA WAHL CORINNA TURNER

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CONTENTS

Introduction

1. A Saint Nicholas Eve Carol

Antony Barone Kolenc

Carolyn Astfalk

Leslea Wahl

Corinna Turner

About the Authors

Also By

INTRODUCTION

Catholic Teen Books is a collaborative website of authors who all write faith-based fiction for middle school and high school teens. In December of 2020, many of the Catholic Teen Books authors wrote a collaborative story, The Christmas Lights, for Christmas that was read on Jedlie’s Reading with Your Kids Podcast, on Christmas Eve.

In 2021, Catholic Teen Books authors collaborated on what became A Fowl Christmas. Jed again gave us a prompt, and one by one each of us wrote a section as the story was passed from author to author. Only the final author knew the entire story until we read it for the podcast.

In 2022, we added to our growing Christmas collective story collection with A Saint Nicholas Eve Carol.

We enjoyed these projects and wanted to share these fun, short stories with others. Proceeds from this e-book will be donated to Cross Catholic Outreach.

We hope you enjoy!

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A SAINT NICHOLAS EVE CAROL

BY CATHOLIC TEEN BOOKS

ANTONY BARONE KOLENC

Y ou’re not actually gonna make me go! Ebby told her mom. It was the