Avery's Pumpkin

<p><strong>Avery Danielson wants to win at <em>something</em> and the Mayfair School Pumpkin Contest is coming soon.</strong></p><p>Avery has big plans but when his Irish grandfather comes to visit everything fizzles. Now it seems Avery's nemesis Jeremy Fairchild will beat him yet again.</p><p>Left to themselves Avery and Granda carve a Most Original entry for the Pumpkin Pageant in a most original way. Granda introduces Avery to the Irish tale about Stingy Jack and the world's first jack-o-lantern. But will this peculiar pumpkin--that glows all by itself--be a winner? And what's a winner anyway?</p><p>Kerrie Logan Hollihan is a veteran of award-winning nonfiction for kids and teens. She's a major fan of Halloween history and Avery's Pumpkin is a story she's had in mind for more than thirty years.</p>