The Year of the Perfect Christmas Tree

By Gloria Houston

Subjects: Christmas, fiction, Poverty, World War, 1914-1918, Christmas, Fathers and daughters, Christmas trees, Trees, fiction, Christmas stories, Fiction, Self-sacrifice, Children's fiction, Accelerated Reader, Gifts, Juvenile fiction, Mothers and daughters

Description: Ruthie and her mother wonder how they will fulfill their obligation of getting the perfect Christmas tree to the town for the holiday celebration, since Papa has left the Appalachian area to go to war.