The Last Week in December

They were coming back! Did they suspect? They must. Just by looking at her, anyone would know she had something to hide.…

Eleven-year-old Bella has a terrible guilty secret: something she did three years ago, when her English relatives were visiting. Now, in the last week in December, they were returning to Australia and Bella fears the worst—that they are coming to confront her; that they suspected her all along.

But lots of things during this accident-prone holiday surprise Bella—families work in strange ways, and unexpected things do happen.…