Product Information
Billy Elliot's tough, funny and heart-warming story is given new depth by best-selling author, Melvin Burgess. 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 differet future. Told from the differing viewpoints of Billy, his father and brother and his friend Michael, Melvin Burgess has captured the spirit of the original film screenplay while demonstrating the skill ad inspiration he showed in his award-winning novel, Junk.Product Identifiers
PublisherChicken House LTD
ISBN-139781903434338
eBay Product ID (ePID)87113838
Product Key Features
Book TitleBilly Elliot
AuthorMelvin Burgess
FormatPaperback
LanguageEnglish
TopicFriendship
Publication Year2001
GenreChildren & Young Adults, Sports
Number of Pages160 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height205mm
Item Width143mm
Additional Product Features
Title_AuthorMelvin Burgess
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom