By Sibéal Pounder (author)
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In the year 4024, Christmas is everywhere. Santa Claus rules the world and the Big Day happens EVERY DAY! There are holographic elves to grant your wishes, travel is by flying sleigh, and all food is served as candy canes, in any flavour you can imagine!
Not everyone gets to celebrate 24/7 though. Gryla Garland is a witch banished to the Mince Pie Isles, where Christmas comes but once a year. All she's ever wished for is to join the festive world.
But when Santa's daughter, Merrilee Claus, comes crashing into her life, Gryla realises Christmas every day might not be such a good thing after all. With the real magic of Christmas long forgotten, it's up to Gryla, Merrilee and a lot of sprouts, to bring the magic back …
'I absolutely ADORED it! A really funny, clever, brilliant play on all the Christmas tropes. It just has to be made into a movie!' Emma Carroll 'Very sparkly storytelling and a lovely portrayal of friendship' Hilary McKay ' Tinsel is Christmas spirit wrapped in a fun, feminist parcel' Lesley Parr
A World Book Day Author 2019
Sibéal Pounder previously worked for the Financial Times, where she researched the How To Spend It section and wrote the For Goodness’ Sake column – interviewing everyone from Veronica Etro to Vivienne Westwood. As well as Bad Mermaids , she writes about fabulous witches and feisty fairies in Witch Wars , her first and much loved series for Bloomsbury. Witch Wars has sold over 50,000 copies and was shortlisted for the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize and the Sainsbury's Children's Book Award.
author photo © Richard Grassie
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In the year 4024, Christmas is everywhere. Santa Claus rules the world and the Big Day happens EVERY DAY!
The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed Sprouts and determined it is suitable for children aged 9-12 years old
Sprouts features in the following genres: Featured Books for 9+ readers, Featured Books for 11+ readers, Adventure Stories, Fantasy / Magical, Festive Fiction, Recommendations, Children's and Young Adult Fiction, Children’s, Teenage and Educational
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Sprouts was written by Sibéal Pounder and published by Bloomsbury Children's Books an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing (UK)
Sprouts has 222 pages
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