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The Perfect Gift is a moving story about a nine-year-old boy, Andrew MacClean, who has a life-changing experience a few days before Christmas. In the days leading up to this experience, Andrew faces significant stresses and worries. For one thing, his father tells Andrew that he must buy presents for his loved ones with his own money. Meanwhile, Andrew continues to grieve his parents divorce an... More

The Perfect Gift is a moving story about a nine-year-old boy, Andrew MacClean, who has a life-changing experience a few days before Christmas. In the days leading up to this experience, Andrew faces significant stresses and worries. For one thing, his father tells Andrew that he must buy presents for his loved ones with his own money. Meanwhile, Andrew continues to grieve his parents divorce and the death of his grandfather, Poppy. In the context of this private struggle, Andrew has a vision in the middle of the night that sets the stage for the rest of the story -- and for the rest of his life.

Andrew awakens to a sound in the house. When he goes to investigate, he discovers that a boy about his own age is in the house. At first Andrew is alarmed and suspicious when the boy introduces himself as a friend. But Andrew quickly comes to trust the boy. After a while, the boy announces that he must leave, and that he may be able to return -- but only if Andrew does what he needs to do to make the boys return possible. As the stranger blends into the Christmas tree lights, he promises that he will return when Andrew has given the perfect gift. Andrew sees the boy essentially disappear into a mysterious blue Christmas tree ornament that was not on the tree before.

In the aftermath of his experience, Andrew learns that there is another story -- one that only his stepmother, Mary, knows about, that provides important clues to the meaning of his vision. Mary decides to tell Andrew the story of her fathers remarkable experience in France during the invasion of Normandy that accounts for the presence of the sapphire blue Christmas tree ornament.

Keeping his nighttime experience a secret, Andrew then sets to discover what a perfect gift is.