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THE SECRET DANCER

by Mabel Esther Allan

Illustrated by Juliet Mozley

Published by J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd.. 1st. 1971

Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper. Two things make Mandelina happy - the Russian dances her father taught her, and what she and her friend Alice call 'the ballet dream'... Blue boards, metallic blue title to spine and vignette to front cover. 133 pages. B/w illustrations.

SIGNED by the author to front endpaper. Spine and corners bumped. A few foxspots to textblock. Slight evidence of erased pencil writing to front endpaper. Dustwrapper is just a little edge rubbed and has a couple of tiny holes to rear spine edge.

ISBN: 0460058231
Stock no. 1314751

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Contents

  • Eleven-year-old Mandelina Kerensky has lived all her life in the Lancashire town of Stoneborough. Although her mother comes from London, her father was Russian and one of her grandmothers was Greek. After her father's death she and her mother have very little money, but two things make Mandelina happy - the Russian dances her father taught her, and what she and her friend Alice call 'the ballet dream'. It all started because Mandelina once said that her grandfather was stage doorkeeper at the Lingeraux Theatre. Together the two girls learn about ballet from books, listen to music and watch performances on television.

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