A Boy Called Christmas Series Boxed Set A Boy Called Christmas; The Girl Who Saved Christmas; A Mouse Called Miika

by Haig, Matt; Mould, Chris

• ISBN13: 9780593644867
• ISBN10: 0593644867
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2022-11-01
• Publisher: Yearling
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Summary

A collection of New York Times bestselling author, Matt Haig's heartwarming, Christmas adventures--A Boy Called Christmas, The Girl Who Saved Christmas, and A Mouse Called Miika.

This collection includes three hilarious classics in the making from New York Times bestselling author Matt Haig. 

A Boy Called Christmas: Nikolas–nicknamed "Christmas" must travel to the North Pole to save his father. Along the way, he befriends a surly reindeer, bests a troublesome troll, and discovers a hidden world of enchantment in Elfhelm, where Christmas spirit is at an all-time low. Can Nikolas save his father and rouse Christmas spirit? Now a Netflix movie starring Kristen Wiig, Maggie Smith and Henry Lawfull!
 
The Girl Who Saved Christmas: 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 and losing her Christmas spirit. Santa must find Amelia and make her believe again---Christmas depends on it!
 
A Mouse Called Miika: Miika, the mouse and his friend, Bridget the Brave are on a mission to procure the world's tastiest cheese. They’ll stop at nothing to get it, no matter how many trolls they must face or how their friendship is tested along the way . . .
 
"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

Author Biography

MATT HAIG is an author for children and adults. The Midnight Library and Reasons to Stay Alive were major bestsellers worldwide. His children's book A Boy Called Christmas was a runaway hit and is translated in over 40 languages. It is being made into a Netflix film and The Guardian called it an 'instant classic'. His children's novels have won the Smarties Gold Medal, the Blue Peter Book of the Year, been shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize and nominated for the Carnegie Medal three times.

CHRIS MOULD went to art school at the age of sixteen. He has won the Nottingham Children’s Book Award and has been commended by the Sheffield Children’s Book Award. He loves his work and likes to write and draw the kinds of books that he would have liked to have had on his shelf as a boy. Chris Mould is married with two children and lives in Yorkshire, UK.