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Jingle Bell Wish Traps: A Christmas Fantasy Adventure
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Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Dec 4 2025
Pages: 178
Weight: 0.54
Height: 0.38 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Every Christmas Eve, the secret Winter Wish Market rises above the rooftops to turn the world's kindest wishes into real presents.
This year, a pair of viral ex-elves and their goblin interns plan to steal every last wish lantern.
When a glowing envelope and a mini reindeer named Jingle crash into her Debunking Santa livestream, gadget-obsessed Zoe Zhao and her little brother Milo are drafted as last-minute Market defenders. Suddenly they're racing through a sky-high city of lights, dodging wish-powered glitches, and building the wildest Christmas traps the North Pole has ever seen.
Can two kids and one very extra reindeer stop an app that wants to turn Christmas into one giant unboxing fail-before the clock strikes midnight?
Funny, fast-paced, and unexpectedly tender, Jingle Bell is a holiday adventure about siblings, screens, and the magic that happens when you use your one real wish on someone else.
Eleven-year-old Zoe Zhao would rather run experiments than believe in magic. Her Debunking Santa: Day 24 livestream is about to go viral-until a glowing red envelope slides down the chimney addressed to:
THE BRAVEST KID ON THIS ROOF
Inside is a golden ticket to the Winter Wish Market, a hidden city of lanterns that appears above the rooftops every Christmas Eve to collect the world's kindest wishes.
Before Zoe can say algorithm, a sarcastic, skateboard-riding reindeer named Jingle crashes through the attic skylight and drags her and her little brother Milo into the sky. The Market needs defenders, fast.
Two ex-elves turned viral villains-Nick and Noel Nicker-have launched WishNet, a too-good-to-be-true Christmas app that pays kids in loot crates and exclusive drops for making jealous, selfish wishes. Behind the screen, the twins are using those wishes to power a huge engine that's stealing every lantern the Market collects.
If they succeed, no kid on Earth will wake up to a real present. Just empty unboxing videos and a world of disappointed notifications.
Armed with hot-chocolate cannons, drone-delivered snowballs, tinsel tripwires and wish-powered traps that would make any Home Alone fan cheer, Zoe, Milo and Jingle have until the final jingle of midnight to:
Outwit goblins and glitchy gadgets inside the floating Market
Untangle a dangerous Wish Storm brewing right on their own street
Choose between online fame and protecting millions of wishes-starting with their own
Fast, funny, and full of heart, Jingle Bell is a warm-and-wild Christmas fantasy for readers 8-12 (and read-aloud families) who love:
sibling chaos and clever kids who outsmart grown-ups
cozy winter villages, flying markets, and talking reindeer
stories that poke fun at apps, trends, and influencer culture-without lecturing
a big, satisfying ending that leaves room for next year's adventure
At the center of all the comedy and snowball fights is one simple challenge:
If you could make just one real wish for someone else... who would it be?
Perfect for fans of magical holiday movies and middle-grade adventures, Jingle Bell is a Christmas chapter book kids will want to revisit every December.
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