Theater Shoes Review
Theater Shoes is a wonderful story with an attention grabbing plot, a lovely setting, and a well thought out conflict and resolution. This is, now, one of my favorite books and I really enjoyed it.
Throughout this story, there is a great plot. In this book, Sorrel, Mark, and Holly's parents die. They are forced to live with their grandmother, a bitter, but famous, english actress. She puts the children through a Childrens Academy of Dancing and Stage Training. Almost everyone in their family, before the children, had been a famous in the arts. Their grandmother was determined to keep the family tradition. At first all three children hated the academy. They thought that all of the teachers were too harsh and too serious. Then, after getting used to it, the academy "grew" on to them. Each of the three children discover something about themself at the academy. Sorrel, the eldest, discovers that she is a real actress. She can be very dramatic and play roles quite well. Mark finds out that he is a really fabulous singer. Little Holly can do a lot. She charms almost everyone at the academy with her adorable ways of doing things.
There is a lovely setting in this book. It takes place in England! I have always wanted to go to England, and by the way Noel Streatfeild, the author, describes it in the book, it seems so beautiful. It is in such detail and it is so easy to put an image in your mind.
The conflict / resolution in the story, almost stated in the second paragraph, is the children are forced to go to an academy, by their bitter grandmother, that they have no interest in. But in the end, it all pans out. Each child learns something different about themselves and are now striving to learn more. They end up loving the academy and treating it like their home. It means more to them now, than just pleasing their grandmother. Do you think that all of the hard work the children put into learning will result to something? Read this wonderful book and you will find out quickly.
In conclusion, this book was really great! I think that one reason why I liked it so much was because I can really relate to it. I love to do musical theater, and I think that reading about something that I really enjoy helped me understand the text better than it was already described. You don't have to love musical theatre to enjoy this book, but I think that it really helped. This book was enchanting and I hope that you enjoy it as much as I did!
Theater Shoes Feature
- ISBN13: 9780679854340
- Condition: New
- Notes: BUY WITH CONFIDENCE, Over one million books sold! 98% Positive feedback. Compare our books, prices and service to the competition. 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed
Theater Shoes Overview
Three orphans are forced to enter a theater school by their grandmother, a famous actress. Unable to pay the tuition, they are given scholarships from the now-grown orphans from Ballet Shoes. Will they be able to live up to their patrons’ legacies? The children are ready to run away–until they discover their hidden talents. Originally published in 1945.
Available at Amazon Check Price Now!
Related Products
Customer Reviews
Love the Book, but is this Abridged? - Lover of Books -
I first read Theatre Shoes when I was eleven years old and I adored it. I read every other "Shoes" book that the nearby library had, and have reread them often since. A few days ago, I finally decided that I wanted to have my own copy and once I bought it, I immediately started reading the book yet again.
I noticed a couple small changes to the book right away, but mostly they were language updates (such as hiccoughed to hiccuped) until I noticed that the description of the Academy was quite different. Comparing my copy (a 2003 printing) to my library's copy (from 1983), I found that in some places over a page of text had been cut, while smaller cuts occurred all over the book. The text was also slightly altered to put a stronger focus on Sorrel's growing up.
This book is still good, but the old version is much better. I will probably buy a used old edition, and return the new one.
great book - LibKat - Cape Cod, MA
Great book from a great series by a great author. She writes in a clear style that draws you in with intriguing story lines and appealing characters.
not as good - -
I liked ballet shoes so since this was the sequil I wanted to read it and was disapointed. It's not as funny and there's not as many crazy adventures as the first. It also has lots of flaws that the first didn't have. But read the third shoe book called dancing shoes way better than even the first one!
*** Product Information and Prices Stored: Sep 08, 2010 12:02:04
No comments:
Post a Comment