Secret Santa

Holly Hamilton hates Christmas.Since her parents died last year, she’s been watching out for her brother in an orphanage, where they pick pockets for the unforgiving Mr. Grott, who’s some sort of supervillain-in-training. The looming holiday brings back painful memories for Holly, and her brother getting his hopes up for presents he will never receive serves to make her feel angrier than ever.That all changes one day when circumstances (and a sleigh pulled by a gaggle of ornery reindeer) whisk the orphans to The North Pole, where they meet creatures they’d only read about in fairytales. Thus begins Holly’s adventures in Tinseltown, where she learns the logistics behind Christmas, and uncovers the secret origins of the elves, and even Santa himself.

Dave Ferraro grew up in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, where he was warped by a steady diet of comic books, horror movies and young adult novels. He is the author of several young adult novels, including the paranormal fantasy series Hunters of the Dark, as well as Dark Genesis, The Young Adult Book Club and Twice Bitten. He won Library Journal's Self-Published E-book Award for Best Fantasy in 2015 for his novel Yokai. He graduated with a B.A. in English and creative writing from Saint Cloud State University, and currently resides in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.