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The Red Shoe

Ursula Dubosarsky

3.2/5 ( ratings)

Funny, tough-minded and tender, this is the story of Matilda and her two sisters growing up in Sydney, Australia, in the early 1950s. Their father is mentally unstable and largely absent, their mother is possibly in the thrall of his brother, and a headline-making Russian spy defection is taking place next door. Punctuated by the headlines of the times, The Red Shoe depicts how the large events of the world can impinge on ordinary lives. This is a novel to savor by one of Australia's most gifted writers for young people.

Language: English

Pages: 192

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Roaring Brook Press

Release: May 01, 2007

ISBN: 1596432659

ISBN 13: 9781596432659

The Red Shoe

Ursula Dubosarsky

3.2/5 ( ratings)

Funny, tough-minded and tender, this is the story of Matilda and her two sisters growing up in Sydney, Australia, in the early 1950s. Their father is mentally unstable and largely absent, their mother is possibly in the thrall of his brother, and a headline-making Russian spy defection is taking place next door. Punctuated by the headlines of the times, The Red Shoe depicts how the large events of the world can impinge on ordinary lives. This is a novel to savor by one of Australia's most gifted writers for young people.

Language: English

Pages: 192

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Roaring Brook Press

Release: May 01, 2007

ISBN: 1596432659

ISBN 13: 9781596432659

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