[.ca] Starry, Starry Night: Three Holiday Stories (ISBN 0553571060)

Wonderful:
I cried so hard in these 3 books then anything else in my reading. I wrote an Essay in an Block/English class in my Freshman year about Kathys life and was i was Kathy talked about how i meet chirs father and other stuff. Well lets say i got an A+ On it An All-Round good book!!!

Starry, Starry Night:
Starry, Starry Night: 3 Holiday Stories, are some of the most touching stories I have ever read. "Christmas Child" the first short story of the book is about a young girl's (Meline) excitement abour getting a new baby sister around Christmas. The baby is born with a fatal diese, and only lived a few days. Meline then must cope with her loss. "Last Dance", the second book is about sacrifice for someone you love and disappointment about someone that doesn't love you. Brenda wants nothing to do w/ sick, dying Doug. But when she turns out she is his last chance for happiness, shell put her feelings for Matt aside. "Kathy's Life" the last and my fav. story, turned out very unpredictable in some parts. Its about a 16-yr-old girl that seems to have everything, well, at least Ellie thinks so. But Kathy has to make a major decision, giving up the one person she loves most.

FIVE STARS ALL THE WAY:
This book is awesome. I sat down almost a whole day and just read this book. I love how it had three different stories in it. I loved all of them i really liked the baby one and i wish tha she would like write like what happens afterwards and so on. She is such a good author i wonder how she gets all these inspiration.

Amazing:
In "Starry, Starry Night," Lurlene McDaniel has written three more wonderful stories that will without a doubt make you cry. The first story "Christmas Child," is about a fifteen year old girl named Melanie, and her mother is pregnant. Melanie is extremely excited to be an older sister, and has already finished painting the nursery and buying Christmas presents for the baby. Five days before Christmas, her mom goes into labor - and Jessica is born. But there's one problem, Jessica has a terminal illness that can't be fixed...she will die within a few days. Even though Jessica is only in the family's lives for a few days, she changes each of them forever. This story made me cry, it's a great one! "Last Dance" is my favorite of the 3 stories. Brenda gets a phone call from a Mrs. Drake, and she's asking her to go out with her son, Doug. Doug has cancer, and his wish is to go out with Brenda, because, according to him "She's the most beautiful girl in the world." Brenda really begins to fall for Doug, but, will it all work out in the end? "Kathy's Life" is the last story in the book, and my least favorite. Ellie has it all: the boyfriend, the popularity, and...oh yeah, the divorced parents. But when Ellie and Kathy are assigned to do an English project together, they both change, for better. Kathy is the live in nanny for a young couple's son, Christian. When Ellie and Kathy begin to talk, Ellie finds out a big secret, about why Kathy is the way she is. All the stories in this book are good, but Ellie's (Kathy's Life) story is pretty racy at first...it's pretty different than any other Lurlene McDaniel book in that sense. Overall grade: A-

A GREAT BOOK!:
This was the first Lurlene McDaniel book I read and ever since I read this, I've been hooked. So far, I've also read the 5 Dawn Rochelle books, Saving Jessica, and am right now on Don't Die my Love. This book is really good though. It has 3 different stories, not one the same as the next. If you want to get a feel for the way the Mrs. McDaniel writes, read this book. All of her books have touched my heart and have brought a tear to my eye. So if you like books like that, pick any of her FANTASTIC books up. You'll be glad you did!