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The Adventures of Nicholas

The Adventures of Nicholas

Helen Siiteri [Siiteri, Helen]
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On a frozen winter's night in a remote northern fishing village, a young boy

named Nicholas is orphaned when his father is drowned at sea. His mother braves

the raging storm to get medical help for Kati, the younger sister, and leaves

Nicholas to sit by her bedside. When the villagers arrive at the cottage in

morning, he learns that Kati has died of a fever, and his mother is killed by a

falling tree as she passes through the forest.

The fishermen's wives gather to discuss how Nicholas will be cared for, and

decide that if each family takes him in for one year, he will reach an age to

care for himself. So it is that Nicholas moves in with his first

family-for-a-year on Christmas Eve. He hides in a closet and cries himself to

sleep.

The next day, Christmas, is sorrowful for Nicholas but brightened by the company

of the family's children, two girls and especially Otto, who becomes Nicholas'

life-long friend. Nicholas has learned to carve by watching his...

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Anno:
2004
Casa editrice:
Author Solutions Inc.
Lingua:
english
ISBN 10:
1412228271
ISBN 13:
9781412228275
File:
EPUB, 1.88 MB
IPFS:
CID , CID Blake2b
english, 2004
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