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Solitaire Mystery by Jostein Gaarder
$17.95 NZD
Category: Fiction - middle
Twelve-year-old Hans and his father have left home to search for Hans's mother. She went to Greece to 'find herself' when he was four. Hans's father loves to philosophise on life (and to drink) and Hans is always happy to listen. But this turns out to be a strange journey. A dwarf in Switzerland gives H ...Show more
Sophie's World by Jostein Gaarder
$21.99 NZD
Category: Fiction - YA
A page-turning novel that is also an exploration of the great philosophical concepts of Western thought. In order to answer two existential questions, Sophie must use the philosophy she is learning--but the truth turns out to be far more complicated than she could have imagined.
The Christmas Mystery by Jostein Gaarder (tr Elizabeth Rokkan; illus Rosemary Wells)
$24.99 NZD
$27.99 (10% off)
Category: Christmas Books | Series: Christmas Fiction
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 ...Show more
The Christmas Mystery - Abridged Illustrated Edition by Jostein Gaarder
$35.00 NZD
$49.99 (29% off)
Category: Christmas Books
A boy called Joachim acquires a strange old Advent calendar, and uncovers from it the story of a girl called Elisabet, who disappeared from her home 50 years earlier. Elisabet has been taken back through time and right across Europe to Palestine, to see the Holy Family in Bethlehem.
The Christmas Mystery (abridged edition 2002) by Jostein Gaarder (illus Sarah Gibb/ tr Elizabeth Rokkan)
$24.95 NZD
Category: Fiction - middle
A boy called Joachim acquires a strange old Advent calender - and uncovers from it the story of a girl called Elisabet, who disappeared from her home fifty years earlier. Elisabet has been taken back through time and right across Europe to Palestine, to see the Holy Family in Bethlehem. Two thousand yea ...Show more
Through a Glass, Darkly by Jostein Gaarder
$17.99 NZD
Category: Fiction - YA | Reading Level: From 10 To 14
It's almost Christmas. Cecilia lies sick in bed as her family bustle around her to make her last Christmas as special as possible. Cecilia has cancer. An angel steps through her window. So begins a spirited and engaging series of conversations between Cecelia and her angel. As the sick girl thinks about ...Show more
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