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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
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THE GIRL WHO SAVED CHRISTMAS

Matt Haig

Matt Haig
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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. It’s 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. . . .