First published 2009
On a bitterly cold night, a young match girl struggles to sell her wares. As her fingers numb and her vision fades, she strikes a match, revealing visions of a warm hearth and her beloved grandmother. Meanwhile, Frederik, a boy whose mother sews for the Queen, crafts a winter wonderland in his family's drafty attic. As the match girl's story intertwines with Frederik's, they discover that even the smallest flame can light the way to hope and connection in the face of hardship.
Genres: literary-fiction, historical-fiction, 20th-century, fantasy, 19th-century
Vibes: emotional, intimate, lyrical, thought-provoking, whimsical
Tropes: found-family, intertwining-stories
Period: 19th-Century, 20th-Century
112 pages · Hardcover · William Morrow