Let It Snow

Let It Snow

By Maureen Johnson, John Green and Lauren Myracle

4 star read. Good winter selection. 

My favorite story was the 1st one. “The Jubilee Express” by Maureen Johnson. Jubilee is on a train to be with her grandparents in Florida on Xmas Eve. She is traveling because her parents are in jail. They have been arrested as two of the Flobie 5. There is a annual Xmas eve sale of these small,decorative holiday homes/buildings and the crowds became “crazed” at this year’s sake (think Black Friday shopping but for Xmas decor). Jubilee’s train never makes it due to the weather and her train is stuck in Gracetown. Instead of staying in the train she heads to the town’s Waffle House. She is befriended by Stuart and from there the story evolves. I really liked this story for the quirkiness of both main characters and the descriptive writing ( I felt like I could visualize the setting so well). 

The 2nd story- The Cheertastic Miracle- is written by John Green ( yep Fault In Our Stars author). His story picks up from the Waffle House and the team of cheerleaders who were also on train to a cheer competition ( really on Xmas eve?).  The story line for this one is all about Tobin, Duke and JP’s adventure getting to the Waffle House where their friend Keun is working. Keun has challenged them to bring a game of Twister to the Waffle House so they can hang out with the group of cheerleaders. The catch two other workers at WH have called their friends (the Reston twins and the college guys) and given them the same challenge. First friend group to get there wins. Others will be left out in the cold. I liked the genuine friendships highlighted in this story. 

The 3rd story- The Patton Saint of Pigs- by Lauren Myracle focuses on Addie, a teenage girl who just recently broke up with her boyfriend right before their 1 year anniversary. The story follows Addie through Xmas day and highlights her friends Dorrie  and Tegan. A lot of Addie, Addie, Addie in this story. Drug on for me a bit. The story did connect the dots to the other Characters from the earlier stories and I liked the way the book wrapped up. 

Of note Netflix made this book into a movie. My son has seen the movie and read the book. His opinion the movie is better.