From the bestselling author of A Boy Called Christmas comes a hilarious and heartwarming holiday tale for fans of Roald Dahl and Charles Dickens?s A Christmas Carol that imagines the story of the first child to ever receive a Christmas present.
Christmas Trilogy #2
Knopf Books for Young Readers
November 2017
On Sale: October 31, 2017
Featuring: Amelia Wishart
320 pages ISBN: 1524700444 EAN: 9781524700447 Kindle: B01N18NNY0 Hardcover / e-Book Add to Wish List
Amelia Wishart was the first child ever to receive a Christmas present. It was her Christmas spirit that gave Santa the extra boost of magic he needed to make his first trip around the world. But now Amelia is in trouble.
When her mother falls ill, she is sent to the workhouse to toil under cruel Mr. Creeper. For a whole year, Amelia scrubs the floors and eats watery gruel, without a whiff of kindness to keep her going. Itβs not long before her hope begins to drain away.
Meanwhile, up at the North Pole, magic levels dip dangerously low as Christmas approaches, and Santa knows that something is gravely wrong. With the help of his trusty reindeer, a curious cat, and Charles Dickens, he sets out to find Amelia, the only girl who might be able to save Christmas. But first Amelia must learn to believe again. . . .
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