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The Miracle on Ebenezer Street
- Author
- Catherine Doyle
- Narrator
- Remmie Milner
- Publisher
- Penguin Random House Children's UK
- Publish Date
- 1 October 2020
- Run Time
- 5 hours 16 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
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An enchanting tale of Christmas magic from multi-award-winning and bestselling writer Catherine Doyle. A treat for the whole family, perfect for fans of The Christmasaurus and A Boy Called Christmas.
'An absolute Christmas cracker!' Ross Montgomery
'Fizzes with festive fun!' Abi Elphinstone
When George stumbles across Marley's Curiosity Shop at the Christmas fair he finds a mysterious snow globe. The scene it contains is just the first in a series of impossibilities . . .
George and his Scrooge of a dad are soon swept on a hilarious adventure to Christmases past, present and future. With help from an enthusiastic elf, a rather grumpy purple reindeer and a very mischievous Nan, can George find a way to bring the joy of Christmas home once again?
This is a fabulously festive story about finding Christmas, family, and magic!
'Simply spellbinding' iNews
'Vividly exciting and poignant . . . Destined to become a Christmas classic' Louise O'Neill
Critics Review
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Fizzes with festive fun!
Abi Elphinstone
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A heartwarming retelling of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol
Daily Mail
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A well-balanced, well-told Christmas story as heartwarming as you could wish for
BookTrust
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Full of Catherine Doyle's signature blend of humour, hope, and heart, this is a modern Christmas classic in the making. With clever nods to the original, Doyle's fresh take on the familiar tale will delight readers of all ages
Katie and Kevin Tsang
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An absolute Christmas cracker: whip-smart, witty and warm, bursting with emotion and laugh-out-loud jokes. A classic Christmas treat reconfigured into a heartwarming family romp for the 21st century, featuring an elf on the shelf that's bad for your health. Kids and adults alike will love spotting how Doyle has ingeniously adapted the original text, but more than anything else, they'll be swept away by George's fight to bring back Christmas and save his father. I utterly loved it
Ross Montgomery
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Both a celebration of a Christmas classic while also being a magical adventure all of its own. Heart-warming, incredibly funny, and action-packed, it's a story that truly captures the spirit of Christmas
Anna James
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Catherine Doyle has done the impossible - she has breathed new life into this much loved and oft retold story, sprinkling it with her inimitable warmth, charm, and humour. This vividly exciting and poignant retelling made me believe in magic as fervently as I did when I was a child. It is, to my mind, destined to become a Christmas classic
Louise O'Neill
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A charming reimagining of one of my favourite childhood reads, managing to be both heart-warmingly familiar, and refreshingly new at the same time. It's filled with miracle-making curiosities, a delightfully bonkers cast, a purple reindeer with a grudge, and a quest to mend two very broken hearts. All-in-all, a magical whirlwind of an adventure filled with heart, hilarity, and miraculous mayhem
Hana Tooke
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Delightfully festive . . . Warm, imaginative, and brimming with Christmas magic
Carlie Sorosiak
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This reimagining of A Christmas Carol is simply spellbinding
iNews
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Details
- Author
- Catherine Doyle
- Narrator
- Remmie Milner
- Duration
- 5 hours 16 minutes
- Release Date
- 1 October 2020
- ISBN
- 9780241442852
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Penguin Random House Children's UK
- Genre
- Children's / Teenage fiction: Magical realism / Magical fantasy, Children's / Teenage fiction: Fantasy, Children's / Teenage fiction: Action and adventure stories, Children's / Teenage fiction: Family and home stories, Children's / Teenage fiction: Classic fiction
Synopsis
Brought to you by Puffin.An enchanting and exciting tale of Christmas magic from multi-award-winning and bestselling writer Catherine Doyle.'Sparkles with magic . . . A wintry wonder of a book' Abi Elphinstone 'Old Marley's magic was beginning to stir...' George is about to spend his third Christmas without his mum. Since she died, George's life has felt dull and grey; his dad has thrown himself into his work and has no time for family, and definitely no time for Christmas. Then, George stumbles across Marley's Curiosity Shop. There he finds a mysterious snow globe, which - though George can't quite understand how - appears to show a scene from George's past. A Christmas in which he and his family were together, and happy... That night, George and his dad are swept on an adventure to three Christmases - past, present, and future. With help from new friends, and just a touch of magic, can they begin living life in full colour again? A stunning modern reimagining of Charles Dickens' beloved classic, A Christmas Carol. 'A supremely confident writer' Telegraph
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