Book Title: Billy Elliot
ISBN: 9781913322144
By Author(s):BURGESS MELVIN
By Publisher:SCHOLASTIC UK
Format:PB
Based on the screenplay of the renowned film and musical
- a story of a young boy trying to dance his way into the future
...
'A writer of the highest quality with exceptional powers of
insight.' SUNDAY TIMES
' ... the novel stands alone as a compelling and moving story,
but also complementd the film and will enhance it for those
who have already seen it.' OBSERVER
Billy Elliot is growing up in a struggling coal-mining town in
Yorkshire. His father wants him to learn to box, like he did, but
Billy has other ideas. Encouraged in secret by a local teacher,
he's determined to dance his way to a different future ...