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The Christmas mystery / Jostein Gaarder ; decorations by Rosemary Wells ; translated by Elizabeth Rokkan.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gaarder, Jostein, 1952-
- Standardized Title:
- Julemysteriet. English
- Language:
- English
- Norwegian
- Subjects (All):
- Christmas--Fiction.
- Advent--Fiction.
- Time travel--Fiction.
- Jesus Christ--Nativity--Fiction.
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Physical Description:
- 221 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1996.
- Summary:
- In the corner of a dusty old bookstore, Joachim discovers a magic Advent calendar. When he opens the first door on December 1, a small piece of paper falls out. On it is the beginning of a story about a little girl named Elisabet. One December many years ago, Elisabet follows a white lamb straight out of Joachim's town and on to an amazing journey. She travels back through time and down through Europe to be present - along with the Wise Men and the shepherds, and other familiar figures - at the birth of Jesus. Each of the twenty-four windows in the calendar hides another chapter in Elisabet's story, along with illustrations. Through the mysterious calendar, Joachim and his parents get a new sense of the Nativity story and the meaning of Christmas. But they also start to wonder: Who was this Elisabet and where is she now? On Christmas Eve, all the pieces of this puzzle come together.
- Notes:
- Joachim discovers a magic Advent calendar which contains the story of a little girl who traveled through time to be present at the birth of Jesus.
- ISBN:
- 0374123292
- OCLC:
- 34933040
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