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Mirette on the High Wire

Mirette on the High Wire

One day, a mysterious stranger arrives at a boardinghouse of the widow Gateauâ€”a sad-faced stranger, who keeps to himself. When the widowâ€™s daughter, Mirette, discovers him crossing the courtyard on air, she begs him to teach her how he does it.
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But Mirette doesnâ€™t know that the stranger was once the Great Belliniâ€”master wire-walker. Or that Bellini has been stopped by a terrible fear. And it is she who must teach him courage once again.
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Emily Arnold McCullyâ€™s sweeping watercolor paintings carry the reader over the rooftops of nineteenth-century Paris and into an elegant, beautiful world of acrobats, jugglers, mimes, actors, and one gallant, resourceful little girl.
Country USA
Brand Puffin Books
Manufacturer Puffin Books
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9780698114432
Color Multicolor
ReleaseDate 1997-04-14
UnitCount 1
Format Picture Book
EANs 9780698114432

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