![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() This book won the “Smarties Book Prize Silver Award” in 2004.Įva Ibbotson, born 21 January 1925, was an Austrian-born British novelist, mostly known for her children’s books. When a mysterious lady shows up at the house shortly after La Rondine’s death, claiming to be Annika’s mother Annika’s life gets turned around and she is swept along on an adventure that will lead to an unexpected discovery about her past which will put her in great danger. The two of them become such close friends that upon La Rondine’s death she leaves her jewels, believed by her to be fakes, to Annika. Annika loves her life and the family she grew up with very much but she still dreams of her birth mother.Īnnika befriends the elderly lady next door and listens with rapt attention to her stories of her youth when she was a great theatre personality with the stage name “La Rondine”. Set in Vienna in the early 20th century The Star of Kazan is the story about a servant girl named Annika.Īs a baby of just a few days old she was left at a church where she was found by two servant girls, who brought her back to the grand house where they both worked for three professors. MacMillan Children’s Books, 2005, Tweede Druk ![]()
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