Join eight-year-old David and Farlo, the Elf left under the Christmas tree at David’s house, as they try to get Farlo home.
... David swallowed and decided to tell the truth. “I got distracted by the Elf under my bed.”
Mom stopped dead in her tracks. At the same time Dad choked and spewed coffee all over the kitchen table.
“Good one, Dad.” Dylan said. “Well David, at least you’ve got a vivid imagination.” ...
This is the story of Farlo, a Christmas Elf Third Class who is mistakenly left under the Christmas tree, and of eight-year-old David who discovers Farlo under his bed. Stranded because his Elf Locator Finder pin is broken, Farlo enlists David’s help to get back to the North Pole. David and Farlo develop plans to get Farlo home amidst Elfin magic, Santa’s communication technologies, and some boyish fun.
Twenty-four hours later Farlo is picked up by a member of the Galactic Retrieval and Elf Extraction Team. Several weeks later, David wakes to find a package from Farlo. And then the story provides one final surprise.
The book’s first critic was seven-year-old Robert Patterson, who woke his father up the morning after Christmas, book in hand, demanding, "Read the next chapter, Dad!"