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The Christmas Mystery

by Rosemary Wells, Jostein Gaarder, Elizabeth Rokkan   |  Ages 9-12
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The Christmas Mystery - Thryft
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Travel through time to Bethlehem with Elisabet

"The Christmas Mystery is a heart-warming tale of a little girl's time-travel adventure to witness Christ's birth. Jostein Gaarder's beautifully written story is perfect for anyone looking for a captivating Christmas read. The enchanting illustrations throughout the book add an extra layer of magic to the story, making it a perfect gift for children and adults alike."

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

The Christmas Mystery

by Rosemary Wells, Jostein Gaarder, Elizabeth Rokkan   |  Ages 9-12
$3.90
Compare to estimated retail price: S$11.04  

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ISBN: 9780753802366
Authors: Rosemary Wells, Jostein Gaarder, Elizabeth Rokkan
Publisher: Phoenix House
Date of Publication: 1997-01-01
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Chapter Books, Young Readers, Childrens Classics
Related Topics: Fantasy, Mystery, Adventure
Goodreads rating: 3.74
(rated by 7215 readers)

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Description

If you had lived in Hamburg in the fourteenth century, or Venice in the ninth century, or Damascus in the second century, you might have looked up from what you were doing and glimpsed - just for a second - a strange procession rushing past and out of sight. There were, at different times, a little girl, a flock of sheep, shepherds, angels, a Roman governor and the Emperor Augustus, and they were hurrying to Bethlehem to see the Christ-child.The little girl was Elisabet Hansen, who disappeared from Norway at Christmas in 1948. Years later, a young boy called Joachim opens the 24 doors of a magic Advent calendar and pieces together Elisabet's story - how she was taken on an astonishing journey, not just from Norway to Bethlehem but back through two thousand years of history.Like Jostein Gaarder's hugely popular Sophie's World and The Solitaire Mystery, The Christmas Mystery is an enthralling story-within-a-story, full of surprises. It is written with an enquiring open-mindedness and a sense of wonder that startles the reader into looking at the story of Christmas with fresh eyes.
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Travel through time to Bethlehem with Elisabet

"The Christmas Mystery is a heart-warming tale of a little girl's time-travel adventure to witness Christ's birth. Jostein Gaarder's beautifully written story is perfect for anyone looking for a captivating Christmas read. The enchanting illustrations throughout the book add an extra layer of magic to the story, making it a perfect gift for children and adults alike."

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.