Need to do some last-minute Christmas shopping? You can’t go wrong with a good book.
Here are Malaysian books published in 2020 that would make terrific Christmas gifts. With a mix of fiction and non-fiction, and a wide variety of genres, there’s probably something here for everyone. No matter if you’ve been naughty or nice!
The Girl And The Ghost
Author: Hanna Alkaf
Fancy a spine-chilling Christmas? Readers young and old alike will probably enjoy
The Girl And The Ghost, a middle grade novel about an unlikely friendship between a girl and a ghostly spirit. Young Suraya receives a pelesit, a spirit in the form of a cricket, from her witch grandmother. Suraya names the spirit Pink, and the two bond. Pink’s dark nature, however, soon causes problems for Suraya, and they end up going on a journey to uncover the pelesit’s dark origins. Here s a moving tale of friendship and courage. This novel was a 2020 Kirkus Prize Finalist for Young Reader’s Literature.