Scrooge was not a kind man. One Christmas Eve he was visited by three ghosts, who took him on a journey from the past, through the present and in to the future. Was it too late for him to change his ways? This retelling of Charles Dickens' classic story is written by Penny Dolan.

* White/Band 10 books have more complex sentences and figurative language.
* Text type: A retelling of a story by a significant author
* Curriculum links: Literacy: Extended stories/Significant authors.
* This book has been quizzed for Accelerated Reader.

This book features in the following series: Collins Big Cat, White Series .

This book is aimed at children in primary school. This book is part of a reading scheme, meaning that it is a book aimed at children who are learning to read. This reading scheme has multiple levels. This reading book uses the phonics method. This approach concentrates on teaching children how to map between sounds and spellings, allowing them to decode written words into their constituent sounds. Phonics skill thus involves being able to split the written word 'cat' into the phonemes /k/, /a/, /t/, and to map from letter 'c' to phoneme /k/, from letter 'a' to phoneme /ae/ and from letter 't' to phoneme /t/. Decoding skill is useful when reading unfamiliar words which use regular spelling sequences.

There are 32 pages in this book. This book was published 2012 by HarperCollins Publishers .

Phoebe Bright is the author of the bestselling Lucky Stars series, illustrated by Karen Donnelly. Explore the magical world of the stars - where wishes really do come true - with this collectable, irresistible series for younger readers. Penny Dolan is well known for a host of books for younger readers. This is her first novel for older readers. Penny lives in Harrogate, North Yorkshire. Collins UK has been publishing educational and informative books for almost 200 years.