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Title: Theater Shoes by Noel Streatfield, Diane Goode ISBN: 0-613-01337-9 Publisher: Bt Bound Pub. Date: October, 1999 Format: Library Binding Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.93 (14 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A Funkadelic Book!
Comment: Noel Streatleild wrote Theater Shoes fantastically. There are so many things going on there is no time for a boring part. It is about three children named Sorrel, Mark and Holly. Their mother died when they were very young and their father is missing in Word War two. They lived in there grandfather's house,(On their Father's side.)When their Grandfather died they had to go live with their Grandmother, a retired actress.(On their Mothers side.) Sorrel, Mark and Holly have many obstacles to overcome while they are there. At the end everything turns out wonderfully! If you don't like books with sad endings and love books with happy endings then this book is for you!
Rating: 5
Summary: Charming, simple fare
Comment: I admit that I have never quite outgrown children's books, of which this is definitely one. It is set in England in 1942-43 and is about three children named Sorrel, Mark and Holly. Their mother is dead and their father missing when the grandfather that they were living with dies. They are sent to live with their maternal grandmother, about whom they know nothing because their mother eloped and was never forgiven. It turns out that their mother was a member of a very famous stage family; so they are sent to the Children's Academy of Dancing and Stage Training so that they can carry on the tradition. This book serves as a sequel to Ballet Shoes but it manages to be more successful than most sequels in that it doesn't follow the original characters' lives after they have resolved their primary drama, but it keeps them as peripheral to the main plot. This way, the reader knows what happened to them but is not disappointed by the fact that they have become so much less interesting. There really isn't too much commentary that can be given on this book. It's very nice if you like this sort of thing but probably be very annoying if you don't
Rating: 4
Summary: Re-read it as an adult!
Comment: This marvellous book I know by the title Curtain Up, which I've had since I was about nine years old. It is a perennial favourite on my book shelf - although written for children, there is plenty in it to keep even an adult reader gripped until the last page. Noel Streatfeild's sense of humour for a start and the gritty realism of her descriptions of poverty still hold strong today. And who can't identify with Sorrel, Mark and Holly's when they yearn for an attache case, not wanting to be different from other children at school? We've all been there, to some degree or another.
There is something infinitely comforting about slipping back between the covers of a book you enjoyed as a child. A highly enjoyable book.
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Title: Party Shoes ISBN: 0192752537 Publisher: Oxford University Press Pub. Date: September, 2002 |
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Title: TRAVELING SHOES by Noel Streatfeild ISBN: 0440487323 Publisher: Yearling Books Pub. Date: 01 September, 1984 List Price(USD): $2.95 |
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Title: MOVIE SHOES by Noel Streatfeild ISBN: 0440458153 Publisher: Yearling Books Pub. Date: 01 May, 1984 List Price(USD): $3.25 |
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Title: FAMILY SHOES by Noel Streatfield ISBN: 0440424798 Publisher: Yearling Books Pub. Date: 01 March, 1985 List Price(USD): $3.50 |
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Title: Betsy-Tacy by Maud Hart Lovelace, Lois Lenski ISBN: 0064400964 Publisher: HarperTrophy Pub. Date: 04 April, 2000 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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