Mirette on the High Wire
Emily Arnold McCully
(Author)
Description
But Mirette doesn’t know that the stranger was once the Great Bellini—master wire-walker. Or that Bellini has been stopped by a terrible fear. And it is she who must teach him courage once again.
Emily Arnold McCully’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.
Product Details
| Publisher | Puffin Books |
| Publish Date | April 14, 1997 |
| Pages | 32 |
| Language | English |
| Type |  Paperback / softback |
| EAN/UPC | 9780698114432 |
| Dimensions | 10.3 X 8.0 X 0.1 inches | 0.3 pounds |
About the Author
Emily McCully's artwork has been included in the International Biennale at Bratislava, and she has won a Christopher Award for Picnic, one of the many picture books that she has both written and illustrated.
Writing also for adults, Ms. McCully has received grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and New York State Council on the Arts. Her book, A Craving was nominated for an American Book Award.
The idea for Mirette on the High Wire began as a biography of real-life daredevil Blondin. But the author changed her mind to accomodate the tree-climbing child and risk-taking adult she was and is.
copyright © 2000 by Penguin Putnam Books for Young Readers. All rights reserved.
Reviews
★"A bravura performance." --Horn Book, starred review
★"A satisfying, high-spirited adventure." --School Library Journal, starred review
"An exotic, suspenseful story." --Kirkus Reviews
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