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Drina #4

Drina Dances in Italy

jean estoril mabel esther allan

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Drina goes to Italy to meet her father's family. While there, she ends up dancing with the Dominick, along with Emilia from Chalk Green and Igor Jr.

190 pages, Paperback

First published January 1,1959
Series
Drina
Places
italy, 

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Format
190 pages, Paperback
Published
June 10, 1989 by Scholastic Paperbacks
ISBN
ASIN
B0DN8WDQ5W
Language
English

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jean estoril

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A pseudonym of Mabel Esther Allan.

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Miem
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April 25,2025
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The fourth book in the series about born dancer Drina Adams (also called Drina Dances in Italy). Drina gets to travel with the Dominick school to Italy, where she is thrilled to meet her _other_ grandmother, in Milan. She meets and makes friends with Igor Dominick, at least as much as the supercilious Dominick heir allows. As always, the ballet background has the ring of authenticity--ballet lovers will enjoy it.
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cupcakeDeluxe
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April 25,2025
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I loved this series when I was younger, and when I had the chance to get some of these books through bookcrossing, I couldn't resist.
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Toadychan
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April 25,2025
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Enjoyable story, lovely descriptions of Italy which brought back happy memories of our visit there in 2012.
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yatothecat
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April 25,2025
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Ich hatte als Kind auch eine Ballettphase, wenn auch nur über Bücher ;) die Cindy-Bücher fand ich damals alle super und hab mir eines nach dem anderen von der Omi schenken lassen oder selbst vom Taschengeld gekauft. Ich fand auch alle Cover so toll, ich hab die immer bewundert. (Bei dem hier war ich ein wenig enttäuscht, weil nichts besonders "ballettartiges" dabei war.)

Gerade habe ich gesehen, dass sie im Englischen "Drina" heisst ... wer kommt bitteschön auf die Idee, jemand von Drina nach Cindy zu übersetzen für den deutschen Buchmarkt? Wieso nicht gleich Steffi oder Lisa? ^^
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MarlyTT
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April 25,2025
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I have the UK version, which is called "Drina Dances in Italy." Only the second half of the book actually takes place in Italy. Drina travels there to meet her Italian family and has the chance to dance with the Dominick Ballet when a few members of the corps de ballet are ill.

It's a nice little book. I love the style of writing, but it is unbelievable that Drina, after learning Italian for about a month, is almost fluent after a week in Italy.
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Ebiru-Zeru
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April 25,2025
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I had not read the Drina books since I was a child and I recently re-read them all. I read the first 5 as a child and then as a teen I hunted down the final 6 once I realized they existed. I am happy to say that for the most part they hold up to the test of time. They are very much in the style of British school stories but I quite like those. I think the whole series is definitely worth the effort it takes to hunt them down.
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