What an excellent graphic novel!  Amelia Louise McBride is an only child whose parents are recently divorced.  She and her mom now live with her mom’s sister until they can save enough money to move into a house.  Amelia has a plan to make both her parents feel guilty about the change in lifestyle due to the divorce, and she’d benefit at Christmastime with a windfall.  However, among her new friends is a latchkey kid–something she’s never heard of before.  She had been feeling sorry for herself, but when she went to this kid’s house, she realized she had it a lot better than he did.  She knew Santa wouldn’t be visiting his house.  Anyway, she finds out that they have both asked for the same toy for Christmas, and Amelia knows it’s an expensive and hard-to-find toy.  When she gets it, she is so happy, but her  mind takes her back to her friend’s dreary house.  She rewraps the gift and sneaks out of the house over to her friend’s house.  She gets in a puts the toy under his tree and then hides to watch him open it.  Knowing she has done the right thing is gift enough for her.  She sneaks out of the house, but makes a small creak which her friend hears.  He runs to the window and sees her running home in her red outfit and red hat with white fur trim.  He’s positive it’s Santa!  Back at the clubhouse, he regals his friends with his story of seeing Santa and Amelia feels hope restored to her faithless friends.  Wonderful story!  This is a book I will definitely recommend to other librarians for their schools.