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Title: The Girl Who Saved Christmas
Author: Matt Haig
Narrator: Carey Mulligan
Format: Unabridged
Length: 5 hrs and 21 mins
Language: English
Release date: 10-31-17
Publisher: Listening Library
Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 8 votes
Genres: Kids, Ages 8-10
Publisher's Summary:
From the best-selling author of A Boy Called Christmas comes a hilarious and heartwarming holiday tale for fans of Roald Dahl and Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol that imagines the story of the first child to ever receive a Christmas present.
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....
Critic Reviews:
"Matt Haig has an empathy for the human condition, the light and the dark of it, and he uses the full palette to build his excellent stories." (Neil Gaiman, Newbery-winning author of The Graveyard Book)
"With a little bit of naughty and a lot of nice, this Christmastime yarn is a veritable sugarplum." (Kirkus Reviews)
Members Reviews:
... Haig is a very charming story that can be enjoyed by children and adults alike
The Girl Who Saved Christmas by Matt HaigÂis a very charming story that can be enjoyed by children and adults alike. ItÂis the story of Amelia Wishart, who is the first child ever to receive a gift from Father Christmas. She never loses hope throughout the misery she encounters in her very young life and however much she would like to stop believing in magic and goodness, she never fully does. Her hope made that first visit possible, and, just a couple of years later, her hope might just save Christmas itself.Â
The story takes place in two locations that couldn't be more different: Elfhelm, where it is clean and only ever gets as cold as you want it to be, and in 1841 London, where it is dirty, cold and unfriendly place to orphans.
The characters in the story are quite fun. Amelia and Father Christmas both have strong personalities with a firm determination to get things done. Mr. Creeper is just as his name predicts, he is creepy and not a nice man at all. The guest appearances of a ruling head of state and a famous author are perfect. One passage was hilarious and it took me several minutes to sop laughing before I could continue reading. I was amused.
I recommend this book for read-a-loud's to children and for middle grade readers.Â
I received this book from NetGalley via Random House Children'sÂKnopf Books for Young Readers in exchange for an honest review.Â
A Magical Christmas Story for Children and Adults
Slightly less than one year ago, I read Matt Haigâs âA Boy Called Christmasâ and fell in love with the story he had created.
