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Virtually Christmas
By (Author) David Baddiel
Illustrated by Steven Lenton
HarperCollins Publishers
HarperCollins
9th November 2022
United Kingdom
Children
Fiction
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Action and adventure stories
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Family and home stories
Childrens / Teenage fiction: General, modern and contemporary fiction
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Science fiction
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Friendship stories
Childrens / Teenage general interest: Machines and how things work
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Speculative, dystopian and utopian fiction
Childrens / Teenage general interest: Discovery and exploration
823.92
Paperback
256
Width 129mm, Height 198mm, Spine 20mm
230g
The HILARIOUS new novel and the years most perfect festive gift from million-copy bestselling author David Baddiel
It used to be the most WONDERFUL time of the year, but for years Christmas has been taken over by Winterzone.
All the things that made Christmas special are gone: the human connection, the baubles passed down through generations, even the rubbish cracker jokes.
Instead, Christmas is run by robots, while 3D holograms of Santa Claus called Santavatars check if youve been naughty or nice and on Christmas Eve, all of the presents are delivered by ZoneDrones instead of Santas reindeer!
But when they stumble on a curious clue, eleven-year-old Etta and her friend Monty find themselves thrown into a fight to bring back Christmas. Racing against time and against the might of Winterzone, they must find the real Santa before the true meaning of the festive season is lost forever . . .
David Baddiel was born in 1964 in Troy, New York, but grew up and lives in London. He is a comedian, television writer, columnist and author of three previous novels, of which the most recent is The Secret Purposes.