Features
- Cover Type: Paperback with 176 pages
- Published by: Hodder Wayland August 31, 1994
- ISBN 10 Number: 0750012609
- ISBN 13 Number: 978-0750012607
From Publishers Weekly
This first installment of the Drina series, a collection of books first published in England in 1957, expresses all the wistfulness and determination of a devoted balletomane as she struggles for her place at the barre and in the world of dance. From her earliest years, orphan Drina has loved movement and dance, but her grandmother-guardian has always discouraged her. When Drina enters a new school, and meets a girl named Jenny, her yearnings are more intense than ever. Jenny, who dislikes ballet, studies at the Selswick School, and only by lobbying hard does Drina, too, start lessons. By the time the story ends, readers learn the source of Drina's grandmother's hesitation, melodramatic and satisfying for all its incredibility. Drina's old-fashioned willfulness and her desire to dance will be joyfully embraced by ballet fans. Ages 8-12.
Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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Reader Reviews
This review is from: Ballet for Drina (Drina, No 1) (Paperback)
This is the first in the Drina series, and the book introduces us to young Andrina Adamo, or Drina Adams. We learn that ballet is her passion, even though her grandparents, who she lives with, aren't too keen on the idea of her growing to be a ballerina. This will be a recurring theme in the ten books to follow. Drina is one of the most lifelike charecters I've ever read about, and Ms. Estoril writes such a compelling story about her that I have considered her books my favorites for ten years. For anyone who has ever wanted to dance, I recommend these books highly.
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