{"product_id":"2940169151466","title":"The Girl Who Saved Christmas","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eA Boy Called Christmas\u003c\/i\u003e comes a hilarious and heartwarming holiday tale for fans of Roald Dahl and Charles Dickens's \u003ci\u003eA Christmas Carol\u003c\/i\u003e that imagines the story of the first child to ever receive a Christmas present.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"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.\" amp;mdash;Neil Gaiman, Newbery-winning author of \u003ci\u003eThe Graveyard Book\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmelia Wishart was the first child ever to receive a Christmas present. It was \u003ci\u003eher\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMeanwhile, 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. . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\"With a little bit of naughty and a lot of nice, \u003cb\u003ethis Christmastime yarn is a veritable sugarplum\u003c\/b\u003e.\" amp;mdash;\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47097753862384,"sku":"2940169151466","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940169151466_p0.jpg?v=1763763244","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940169151466","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}