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    Audiobook4 hours

    Billy Elliot (Teen Edition)

    Written by Melvin Burgess

    Narrated by Emma Tate, Gordon Griffin, Martyn Waites and

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    About this audiobook

    Billy's mother is dead, and his father and brother are fiercely involved in a bitter miners' fight that has split the local community. Billy's father wants his son to learn boxing, like he did and his father before him. But Billy is fascinated by the grace and magic of ballet and is determined to dance his way to a different future...
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherW. F. Howes Ltd
    Release dateJul 1, 2008
    ISBN9781407428284
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    Billy Elliot (Teen Edition)
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    Melvin Burgess

    Melvin Burgess was born in London and brought up in Surrey and Sussex. He has had a variety of jobs before becoming a full-time writer. Before his first novel, he had short stories published and a play broadcast on Radio 4. He is now regarded as one of the best writers in contemporary children's literature, having won the Carnegie Medal and the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize for his acclaimed novel Junk.

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    • 4/5
      This is a story of a eleven-year-old boy who is a little defferent from other boys. Though he was not good at study and even at sports, finally he found a special thing that he could do well. It was ballet. He was attracted by it greatly, but...Though most peple in this story were surprised at a male ballet dancer, those reactions were very natural in that time, I think. But, Billy made an effort to catch his own dream despite the bias. So I think he is great, and if I were in his place, I couldn't act like him. I want to praise him with 4 stars.
    • 2/5
      I read this shortly before seeing the musical live on stage. It helped me understand the background of the politics which was difficult to get from the production I saw (the thick Brittish accents contributed to that as well). But standing alone, I was not impressed with the story. The performances made this come alive.
    • 2/5
      Eleven-year-old Billy is different from other boys.He is not so clever or good at sports.So he has few friends.One day, he got interested in ballet dancing.But normally ballet dancing is for girls,not for boys.His family don't understand him but he want to dance...This story is good.Billy is a nice boy.He was not interested in anything but after discovering ballet dance,he began to change his character and made an effort to be a good dancer.He cheered me up!I want to set my goal in life and work hard to achieve it as Elliot did.
    • 3/5
      The boy who called Billy is interested in ballet.He is crazy about ballet.And he wants to be a ballerina.I think this is very good.There many person who do not understand Billy and who make a fool of him.But there many kind person who understand him and support him.I can sence human's kind.This story depict human's kind well.
    • 3/5
      I am very interested in this story.this is a movie.billy Elliot is a little boy-he is 11 years old.and he love dancing.he love ballet.but his father-jackie Elliot say that ballet is for girls,not boys!this is jackie's words-Lads do football, boxing, wrestling!so jackie want to billy practice boxing.I want to see this movie one day!
    • 4/5
      This story is about a young boy who wants to be a ballet dancer. But he is from a poor family who live in a tough town. Can he achieve his dream? It's a pretty good and interesting story, even though the ending is predictable.