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Author:

Holmes, Karen, 1955-

Title:

Billy Elliot / Melvin Burgess ; retold by Karen Holmes.

Publisher:

Pearson Education,

Copyright Date:

2008

Description:

v, [57] p. : col. ill. ; 20 cm.

Subject:

Ballet dancers--England, Northern--Fiction.
Male dancers--England, Northern--Fiction.
Readers (Primary)
Readers (Adult)
Readers for new literates.
English language--Textbooks for foreign speakers.
Fiction.
Textbooks--for foreign speakers.

Other Authors:

Burgess, Melvin. Billy Elliot.

Notes:

"By Melvin Burgess based on a motion picture screenplay written by Lee Hall"--Book cover.

Contents:

Billy's story: family life -- Jackie's story: the boxing club -- Billy's story: the ballet class -- Jackie's story: the miner's strike -- Billy's story: Mrs. Wilkinson's plan -- Michael's story: my best friend Billy -- Billy's story: Dad and Tony's fight -- Tony's story: trouble with the police -- Billy's story: discoveries -- Jackie's story: the search for money -- Tony's story: the meeting -- Billy's story: the audition -- Jackie's story: the letter -- Billy's story: goodbye to Everington -- Jackie's story: Billy Elliot, dancer.

Summary:

Eleven-year-old Billy Elliot is different from other boys. He is not very clever or good at sports. Then, one day, he discovers ballet dancing. Finally he has found something that he can do well. But everybody knows that ballet is for girls, not boys! Will Billy continue to dance? Or have his father and brother got other plans for him? -- p. 4 of cover.

Series:

Penguin readers. Level 3.

ISBN:

1405881763
9781405881760

OCLC:

(OCoLC)220704855

Locations:

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

CEAX572 -- Kirkwood Community College Library (Cedar Rapids)