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Ballet Shoes for Anna (Collins Modern Classics)
Noel Streatfeild
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Description for Ballet Shoes for Anna (Collins Modern Classics)
Paperback. Having lost their parents in an earthquake, Anna and her siblings live with their prim uncle and feeble aunt. Anna lives only to dance - but her uncle forbids her to have anything to do with ballet. How will she survive? Series: Essential Modern Classics. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: YFA. Category: (JC) Children's (6-12). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 252.
Having lost their parents in an earthquake, Anna and her siblings live with their prim uncle and feeble aunt. Anna lives only to dance – but her uncle forbids her to have anything to do with ballet. How will she survive?
For Anna, everything takes second place to her burning desire to dance. Even the earthquake that destroyed her Turkish home has not made her think differently, only now she's stuck in a prim suburban household with an uncle who "doesn't approve" of dancing.
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Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Series
Essential Modern Classics
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780007364084
SKU
V9780007364084
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About Noel Streatfeild
Noel Streatfeild grew up in a vicarage. Her father eventually became Bishop of Lewes. Noel trained as an actress, and acted for nine years before writing her first book, for adults. She did not write her first (and most famous) children’s book until 1936 – Ballet Shoes. Thereafter she wrote more than thirty other children’s books, some of which were ... Read more
Reviews for Ballet Shoes for Anna (Collins Modern Classics)
“This book is a perfect, inspiring pick-me-up, especially to anyone with a dream. It is written with conviction and that classic old-time feel to take you to places you might never have known.” – Sunday Express Praise for Noel Streatfeild: “Noel Streatfeild’s position in the children’s book world ... Read more