A boy called Christmas

ISBN: 9781443450225
Physical Description: 265 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm regular print
Publisher: Toronto, Ontario : HarperCollinsPublishersLtd, 2016
Copyright: &copy;2015
Badges: Top Holds Over Last 5 Years : 3 / 5.0

Haig, Matt 1975- (author.). Mould, Chris, (illustrator.).

Summary: Eleven-year-old Nikolas - nicknamed "Christmas" - has received only one toy in his life: a doll carved out of a turnip. Still, he tries hard to believe in happiness, living with his father in the second-smallest cottage in all of Finland. Then one day his father goes missing, and Nikolas must travel to the North Pole to save him. Along the way, Nikolas befriends a surly reindeer, bests a troublesome troll, and discovers a hidden world of enchantment in the frozen village of Elfhelm. But the elves of Elfhelm have troubles of their own: Christmas spirit and goodwill are at an all-time low, and Nikolas may be the only person who can fix things - if only he can reach his father before it's too late...