With his Scrooge of a father, George finds himself swept on a magical adventure — one that takes the two of them to Christmas past, Christmas present and Christmas future. And with a little bit of help from an enthusiastic elf, as well as a rather grumpy reindeer, George has to find a way to bring the magic of Christmas to the home once again.
She first became involved with the project "about a year ago", when Puffin approached her about the idea of doing a modern retelling of Dickens' Christmas classic.
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"It was to coincide with Puffin's 80th birthday celebrations this year, as well as the 150th anniversary of Charles Dickens' death. So [Puffin] approached me and asked if I would be interested in coming up with my own story and sort of giving it a whirl," she recalled.