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- Next Christmas in Girouette
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Language: enNext Christmas in Girouette is a full-length novel for people of all ages—nine to ninety-nine—who want to share a heart-warming literary adventure at Christmastime. Set on the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains in Montana, this is the story of a brother and sister—Autry and Oxana Quinn—who find themselves stranded in a Girouette, a virtual ghost town, from Thanksgiving through Christmas when their father is taken ill. Their grandfather, a Marine Captain long retired, plus an eccentric old café owner, ...
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Girouette 14: Epilogue-From the CupolaIn the Epilogue, Autry and Oxana exchange theories on where the valuable presents came from and what happened to the Rocky Mountain Santa. From the Cupola atop the haunted hotel, they begin to plan their next Christmas in Girouette.Do 15.12.201117 : 44 min -
Girouette 13: One Last Christmas MiracleIn Chapter Thirteen, Autry and Oxana are witnesses to yet another inexplicable mystery, when all the children who show up in Girouette are treated to valuable vintage presents on Christmas morning.Do 15.12.201126 : 30 min
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Girouette 12: Field and Fountain, Moor and MountainIn Chapter Twelve, Autry, Oxana and The Captain—along with the other inhabitants of Girouette—find themselves playing host to a horde of families lost in a snowstorm on Christmas Eve.Do 15.12.201130 : 35 min
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Girouette 11: Oxana Uncovers a Deep Family SecretIn Chapter Eleven, Oxana discovers—on Christmas Eve—what went wrong in the relationship between her father and The Captain, and determines to make it right once again.Do 15.12.201127 : 23 min
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Girouette 10: Autry Relives the Mystery in a DreamIn Chapter Ten, Autry has a dream in which he becomes his grandfather and relives the events of 60 years earlier when The Captain crossed the impassable Rockies in a sleigh drawn by wolves.Do 15.12.201116 : 52 min
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Girouette 09: Why the Captain Never Believed in SantaIn Chapter Nine, Autry and Oxana, with all their elderly friends sitting around the deSpain’s fireplace, are dismayed to hear The Captain explain what really happened on Christmas Eve 60 years earlier.Do 15.12.201117 : 51 min
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Girouette 08: The Unsolved Mystery of Christmas, 1940In Chapter Eight, Autry and Oxana listen as Imo, Edgar, Joe and Ron Running Elk, a Blackfeet Indian, recount the mysterious events of Christmas 1940, which left them all believing in Santa Claus.Do 15.12.201120 : 08 min
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Girouette 07: Lewis and Clark Winter in the RockiesIn Chapter Seven, Autry and Oxana, learn about the early years in Girouette through a story that weaves the history of Lewis and Clark with the magical beginnings of the Rocky Mountain Santa.Do 15.12.201117 : 16 min
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Girouette 06: Two More Tom Fool AdventuresIn Chapter Six, Autry and Oxana are nearly trapped in an abandoned copper mine. Later, challenged by a cowboy, Autry competes in a race on a barely broken gelding across the snow-covered prairie.Do 15.12.201116 : 57 min
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Girouette 05: A Skull On Top of the WashboardIn Chapter Five, Autry and Oxana begin to learn about their grandfather, The Captain, when he drives them up into The Rockies on Going-to-the-Sun Road and shares a strange local legend with them.Di 13.12.201120 : 05 min
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Girouette 04: Further Tales of Rocky Mountain SantaIn Chapter Four, Autry and Oxana discover the serialized newspaper adventures of “The Rocky Mountain Santa,” which were written by the radio personality, Montana Mike, 60 years earlier.Di 13.12.201123 : 28 min
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Girouette 03: Looking Back Through the Pages of TimeIn Chapter Three, Autry and Oxana meet Edgar and Joe deSpain, who once published the local newspaper and who recall the town’s history through the archives of the Girouette Dispatch.Di 13.12.201124 : 44 min
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Girouette 02: Oxana and the Unfinished PuzzleIn Chapter Two, Autry and Oxana discover that Girouette hasn’t quite given up the ghost when they meet Imo, the elderly proprietor of a café for lonely cowboys and the owner of a haunted hotel.Di 13.12.201123 : 51 min
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Girouette 01: Autry, the Old Man and the WolvesIn Chapter One, Autry and Oxana Quinn are spending a dreary Thanksgiving with their gruff old grandfather in the tiny town of Girouette, Montana when their father becomes desperately ill.Do 08.12.201118 : 48 min