A Christmas Promise - Large Print Author:Anne Perry Three days before Christmas, in slums of London, thirteen-year-old Gracie Phipps encounters Minnie Maude Mudway, who is eight, alone, and determined to find her friend Charlie. Charlie is a donkey who belonged to Minnie Maude's Uncle Alf. the day before, someone murdered Uncle Alf and made off with is rag-and-bones cart and the beloved beast... more » who pulled it. Minnie Maude means to rescue Charlie -- and Gracie decides to help. In the cart were not just the usual bits of worn silver and china but also a dazzling golden box. What its contents may have been no one can say, for it too has vanished.« less