Dancing shoes
Noel Streatfeild
Bok Bokmål 1995
| Utgitt | London : Hodder Children's books , 1995 (1.utg.1957)
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| Omfang | 250 s.
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| Opplysninger | Engelsk tekst. - Første gang utgitt: Collins, 1957. Tittel "Wintle's wonders".. - Rachel and her adopted sister Hilary live with Rachel's mother. Rachel's father, a film star, died when the girls were seven, and because he had not been a film star long enough to save money, there is very little to spare. However, Rachel and her mother are determined that Hilary (whose real mother was a dancer) will have ballet lessons. Hilary has talent at ballet, but she is not really interested in it. When the girls are ten - just before Hilary's audution for the Royal Ballet School - their mother dies, and they go to live with their Uncle Tom, his wife, Aunt Cora, and their cousin Dulcie. Aunt Cora is better known as Mrs Wintle, and she runs a dancing school for girls to perform in pantomimes, musicals and reviews - "Mrs Wintle's Little Wonders". When mrs.Wintle sees Hilary dancing, she realises that she would make a splendid Little Wonder. Rachel is determined that their mother's dream to see Hilary as a ballerina will be realised. She is horrified by the type of dancing taught at Mrs Wintle's school, and is determined that Hilary will continue with her ballet. However, Hilary prefers the tap and acrobatics that are the main stock-in-trade of the Wonders, and Rachel can only make her concentrate on ballet by bribing her with pocket-money. To add to Rachel's problems, she is also to be trained as a Wonder, despite a total lack of aptitude or interest. Although she works hard, she gets no pleasure from it, and does not improve much, remaining a "bottom of the barrel" Wonder.
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| ISBN | 978-0-340-62663-4(h.) : 105.00
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