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The Bells of Christmas

written by Virginia Hamilton, illustrated by Lambert Davis

59 pages · 1997

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Twelve-year-old Jason Bell waits impatiently for Christmas 1890. Set against the carefully researched background life of a middle-class black family in Ohio a century ago, "Hamilton's story moves along at an elegant pace, giving readers time to savor the holiday preparations."--"School Library Journal"

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