- English Fantasy fiction, Juvenile fiction, English Christmas stories, Children's stories
Eleven-year-old Nikolas nicknamed Christmas has received only one toy in his life: a doll carved out of a turnip. But he s happy with his turnip doll, because it came from his parents, who love him.
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Classical in form, earnest, resolved and effortless.
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- resolvedopen-ended
- effortlessdemanding
- character-ledplot-driven
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About the book
- Author
- Matt Haig
- First published
- 2001
- Pages
- 242
- Publisher
- Canongate Books, Canongate Books Ltd, Canongate Books Ltd.
- Editions
- 12
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780399552687
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