I watched the Hallmark version of this book a couple years ago and had already bought this book not knowing that it had a movie adaptation until a couple of weeks ago. It was the final push that got me to pick up this book and boy was it worth the wait. 
 The movie followed the boy pretty closely so it went fast and I read this a chapter at a time. 
 Mark Nolan's sister died tragically and Mark has to take care of his niece Holly. Holly hasn't spoken since her mother died and one day goes into a toy story owned by Maggie Conroy. Maggie has experience her own loss with her husband passing away a year ago from cancer. 
 The two come together during the holidays and make for a really great fluffy contemporary read. I recommend reading this during November or December.