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| Product Details |
| Mirette lives in a boarding house surrounded by actors, dancers, jugglers and mimes. Her life is filled with exciting stories and fascinating people. None as magical as the stranger Mirette discovers crossing the courtyard on air--a tightrope walker. Mirette becomes the stranger's pupil and learns to walk the wire. Features brilliant watercolor and gouache paintings, reminiscent of the French Impressionists. 1993 Caldecott Medal winner. |
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Key Information
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| Awards: |
1993 Caldecott Medal |
| Authors: |
Emily Arnold McCully |
| Fiction Subgenre: |
Tightrope Walking |
| Fiction Genre: |
Juvenile Fiction |
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Book Editions
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- Hardcover - Prebinding
- October 01, 1999
- Bt Bound
- 10.5"(h) x 8.25"(w) x 0.5"(d), 0.7 lbs.
- 9780613017596
, - Hardcover - Reinforced Hardcover
- October 01, 1992
- Putnam Pub Group
- 11.25"(h) x 9"(w) x 0.75"(d), 0.95 lbs.
- 9780399221309
, - Paperback
- Reprint
- March 01, 1997
- Puffin
- 10.5"(h) x 8.5"(w) x 0.25"(d), 0.25 lbs.
- 9780698114432
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First Line
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| Publisher's Note: |
One hundred years ago in Paris, when theaters and music halls drew traveling players from all over the world, the best place to stay was at the widow Gateau's, a boardinghouse on English Street. |
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