jake Author:Audrey Couloumbis It's a few days before Christmas and ten-year-old Jake's mind is filled with karate class and the new bike he hopes will be under the tree. But everything changes when his mom is injured and ends up in the hospital. Since there's no one else to look after him, the granddad Jake knows only through awkward twice-a-year phone calls shows up to he... more »lp. Granddad's nothing like Jake expected. And he brings a nightmare dog with him. For as long as Jake can remember, it's been just him and his mom. But as Jake gets to know his grandfather, and a makeshift family of friends and neighbors comes together around him and his mom, he realizes that this might not be such a bad holiday after all.« less