Henry Richards lives with his mother in Londonderry, England. It is 1940, and his father is away at war. On December 24th, the day before Christmas, he is walking to town with his mother when a scary situation brings him into contact with a primary school, its teachers, and its students. Henry will turn out to be the older boy in the class for the next eighteen hours. What can a fourteen-year-old boy do to help turn a scary Christmas Eve into a very happy Christmas morning? Please spend a special and unusual Christmas Eve with us in a classroom in Londonderry, England. Will Santa make it there in time for Christmas morning? Who will be the hero of this story? Come on this World War II adventure with us! Bring some hot chocolate!

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