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The Christmas Mystery Book

When Joachim opens the first window on his advent calendar, his excitement mounts as the countdown to Christmas Day begins. But soon he notices that strange things are happening behind the little windows, and everyday something mysterious and new appears. Meanwhile Elisabeth and the angel Ephiriel are on their own very special journey, and it is only when the last window on Joachim's calendar is opened that the true magic and wonder of Christmas is revealed. Josten Gaarder, author of the international bestseller Sophie's World, has taken the story of Christmas and given it an alluring, mystical, modern twist that transports readers back to the Bethlehem of baby Jesus without ever losing sight of the wonder of it all. With illustrations by Rosemary Wells, The Christmas Mystery is lifted into the realms of the classics by the richness and poetry of Gaarder's language, making it so much more than just another book for Christmas. --Susan HarrisonRead More

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  • Amazon

    A startlingly original presentation of the Nativity story, woven into an enthralling and mysterious novel

  • Foyles

    A magical Christmas story from the bestselling author of Sophie's WorldIn the corner of a dusty old bookstore, a boy named Joachim discovers a magic advent calendar. When he opens the first door on 1st December, a small piece of paper falls out: on it is the beginning of a story about a little girl named Elisabet... Little Elisabet has been missing ever since the day she ran after a lamb and found herself travelling right across Europe to Palestine, and back through 2000 years to meet the Holy Family in Bethlehem. There she met angels, shepherds and wise men who joined her on her pilgrimage.Each of the twenty-four windows in Joachim's calendar hides another chapter in Elisabet's story, along with the key to unlock a renewed sense of awe at the true meaning of Christmas. But who was Elisabet and where is she now? On Christmas Eve, all the pieces of the puzzle will come together...

  • Play

    Fifty years ago a girl disappeared from her home in Norway. She ran after a lamb and found herself travelling right across Europe to Palestine and back through 2000 years to meet the Holy Family in Bethlehem. There she met angels shepherds wise men and other biblical characters who joined her on her pilgrimage; and she heard of many of the things that happened in the world in the last 2000 years. In present-day Norway a boy acquires a strange old Advent calendar. Hidden in each of the windows is a tiny piece of paper. Little by little these pieces unfold the girl's story and as we learn what happened to her another story is revealed - that of the strange old man who made the calender.

  • BookDepository

    The Christmas Mystery : Paperback : Orion Publishing Co : 9780753808665 : : 07 Oct 1999 : A startlingly original presentation of the Nativity story, woven into an enthralling and mysterious novel. 'THE CHRISTMAS MYSTERY is a skilful and lasting achievement, with all the elements of a perfect Christmas tale' THE TIMES

  • Pickabook

    Jostein Gaarder, Sarah Gibb (Illus)

  • 0753808668
  • 9780753808665
  • Jostein Gaarder
  • 7 October 1999
  • Phoenix
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 256
  • New Ed
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