Anne Krief Books

"How about a story? Spin us a yarn." Instantly, Phoebe Winterbottom came to mind. "I could tell you an extensively strange story," I warned. "Oh, good!" Gram said. "Delicious!" And that is how I happened to tell them about Phoebe, her disappearing mother, and the lunatic. As Sal entertains her grandparents with Phoebe's outrageous story, her own story begins to unfold--the story of a thirteen-year-old girl whose only wish is to be reunited with her missing mother. In her own award-winning style, Sharon Creech intricately weaves together two tales, one funny, one bittersweet, to create a heartwarming, compelling, and utterly moving story of love, loss, and the complexity of human emotion.

Dans les années 1870 à Paris, la jeune Sylvie, 13 ans, est un petit rat d'opéra. Sa mère l'encourage malgré sa pauvreté. Sylvie côtoie le peintre Edgar Degas et rêve de devenir une ballerine célèbre, mais sa petite taille ne le lui permet pas. Quand la guerre survient entre la France et la Prusse, la jeune fille doit renoncer à la danse. Son talent lui permettra finalement d'atteindre son but.

For use in schools and libraries only. One boy wins the support of his small French town and even a German soldier to help Jewish children escape, in a story of courage set in France during the Second World War.