The book eating girl

Have you ever thought about how the entire world has come to believe that Santa Claus is an 80-year-old man?  It follows Blanche Claus and her big dream of what she wants Christmas to be as well as her searching for 'her people' and where she belongs. Along the way, she makes some great friends, has a lot of mince pie picnics - and one epic adventure.  " Tinsel ", a story full of friendship, feminism, mince pies, elves, magic, and holiday spirit, is the true story of Santa and the mistake that someone made to make the world believe otherwise.  About the Author:  Sibéal Pounder has written for publications including the Guardian, fashion trend forecaster WGSN, Vogue.com, and The Financial Times, where she was the resident philanthropy columnist for the How To Spend It section for six years. She studied Modern History at St Andrews and Quentin Tarantino film at Yale.  Her bestselling debut Witch Wars has been translated into 10 languages so far and was shortlisted...

Elizabeth Somers is an orphan, who lives with her Aunt and Uncle who are horrible to her. One year, when Elizabeth is 12, they send her off to the mysterious Winterhouse hotel for three weeks over Christmas and New Year's.  When she gets there, she instantly falls in love with the hotel. She makes a new friend in Freddy and the hotel owner - a Mr. Norbridge Falls is wonderful to her. But despite really liking her stay and everything Winterhouse , strange things start happening. From the train ride, she took to get there, Elizabeth knew something was amiss.  Winterhouse stops being a magical happy fantasy and things take a dark turn. Something sinister is afoot.  About the Author:  Ben Guterson was a high school and middle school teacher in New Mexico and Colorado for a decade before working for several years at Microsoft as a program manager. He and his family live near Seattle in the foothills of the Cascade Mountains.   Website:  https://benguterson....