The Jingle Belle, by Noelle Flynn
Here is the story my granddaughter wrote that won the first prize in the Easton Library's "Big Read" writing contest. It's eight pages long. She is in 9th grade.
www.eastonpl.org/BigRead/TheJingle%20Belle.pdf Links to the 2nd and 3rd place stories are here, in the right-hand column:
www.eastonpl.org/