Zappy Holidays!

The Secret World of Alex Mack #10

by Diana G. Gallagher

Holiday spirit has hit an all-time low in Paradise Valley this year. Everyone is too worried about other things. The town can't afford to light the big tree in the park and even worse, it looks like the annual toy drive for needy kids is off.

Things aren't much better at the Mack house. Alex is the only one who seems to remember what the holiday season is about. She's determined to inject some Christmas cheer back into the season. But it looks like it would take a miracle...

Genres: Fiction

192 pages, Paperback

First published December 1, 1996

About the author

Diana G. Gallagher was an American author who wrote books for children and young adults. She also wrote the space opera The Alien Dark (1990), but was best known for her tie-in work for television properties including Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Sabrina the Teenage Witch, Charmed, Star Trek and The Secret World of Alex Mack, among others.

She was also a prolific filk creator, winning Pegasus Awards in 1986 and ’94. Gallagher won a Hugo Award for Best Fan Artist in 1988 under the name Diana Gallagher Wu. She sometimes also wrote under the name Diana Burke.

Born in 1946, in Paterson, New Jersey, she lived in Florida with her husband, the writer Martin R. Burke, who predeceased her in 2011. Gallagher was married four times; her third marriage was to author William F. Wu (divorced 1990).

Gallagher died December 2, 2021 of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease at 75 years of age.

Reviews

[Alex]

I wish I had tracked down a copy of this one just a little bit earlier, because it put me in the Christmas spirit - just a couple of months too late!

This one was legitimately good, and definitely my favorite out of the ones I’ve read in the last few months.

[Sahar]

loved it ...... no one remembers about Christmas only ray and alex do can they light up the gloomy Christmas????......
do read this :D