Title: The Christmas Doll
First published: 2000
Description: In a heartwarming novel that is destined to become a Christmas classic, acclaimed author Elvira Woodruff tells the story of two girls whose lives are forever changed by a magical doll.

Lucy and Glory are orphaned sisters with no real place to call home. Only their memories of a beautiful doll named Morning Glory brighten their bleak lives. When a deadly fever sweeps through the workhouse where they live, Lucy and Glory flee to the mean streets of London.
One day the girls find an old battered doll that Glory senses is their beloved Morning Glory. But Morning Glory is no ordinary doll--the girls learn that she has magical powers that will change their lives in amazing ways. With the help of the doll, the sisters discover the true meaning of the Christmas spirit.
Subjects: Juvenile fiction, Christmas, Fiction, Orphans, Dolls, Christmas stories, Children's fiction, Dolls, fiction, Orphans, fiction, Christmas, fiction, London (england), fiction, Youth, Books and reading, Reading (Secondary), Paperbacks in education
Places: London (England)
LC classification: PZ7.W8606 Ch 2000