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Cassidy, Emma, Becca, Megan, and Jess are back!After a fun thanksgiving get together, Megan's boyfriend Simon breaks up with her, which puts her in the dumps. Jess, meanwhile, suffers an injury from a sledding accident. Emma feels left out because her family is the only one who will be staying in Concord for the holidays. Cassidy's family might move back to California, which worries her.Emma's parents let her go with Jess to New Hampshire, so the girls decide to pick secret Santa's.In this book, each girl is going to be spending the holidays away from home, which doesn't relate to Mrs. Slone-Kinkad's Home For The Holidays special on her cooking show that they star in.The Wongs and the Chadwicks are going a vacation cruise, on an all-organic ship, which pleases Mrs. Wong. But tensions arise when boy troubles take their friendship by storm. The girls try not to talk or even acknowledge each other, but with the watchful eye off their parents, their plan is difficult.Jess and Emma, meanwhile, get in a different boy argument. Jess, with her injury, needs little help getting around. Their family farm hand's brother odds to help out, seeing he lives in the area. But Emma feels Jess is flirting with him and being disloyal to her boyfriend, who is Emma's brother. They go through the same procedure as Becca and Megan, although their disagreements lasts for different periods of time.As it is Emma's first Christmas away from home, she feels homesickness and hurt as Jess ignores her.Cassidy spends the holidays in her hometown, California, with some friends. But when they visit Courtney, her big sister, and her boyfriend, something happens that had Cass angry and feeling nothing will ever be the same again. She is also hurt because she thinks her mom expected, and she knows Cassidy hates surprises, like the Concord move.Becca has a family secret, and although she needs, or feels she needs support from her friends, especially Megan, she must be true to her word and not tell anyone. When she feels she needs more help getting boys, she decided to get a new ego, which backfires and causes her fight with Megan. She feels sorry for herself. But after a talk with her brother, she realizes that it was probably harder on the rest of the family than her.And then there is the secret Santa matter. All the gifts seem mean and not like them at all. All the girl suspect Becca, except Megan and Becca. Megan loves her gifts okay, and Becca thinks it's Jess. At their New Year's Eve progressive dinner, Becca exploded and tells all about the Secretary Santa gifts. Emma is mostly blamed, because she was Becca's secret Santa.This is a fun filled story, with chickens, tans, fights, and crutches that have you wanting too read more, even after already reading it.The shipment was quick, and Amazon deserves a thank-you for that.Summery:The girls take trips for the holidays.They get in fights.They make up for the New Year, and a fresh start for their party.Please check out Heather Vogel Fredrick on YouTube, doing a live chat with an actual MDBC! There is a surprise. (Spoiler alert! She might write another book!)There is a summery about this book on YouTube, but be warned. Not all is true. Just consider it. They read the Betsy-Tacy books.Hope you enjoy this great book all middle schoolers should read!GZGymnastics zebra
