by Melvin Burgess · Fabbri · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788845128905
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Set in northern England during the 1984 miner's strike, Billy Elliot tells the story of a young working-class boy who chooses to pursue his dream of becoming a ballet dancer instead of following his father's wishes to train as a boxer. Fascinated by the ballet class at his gym, Billy must hide his talent from his family while discovering that dancing is the fire inside him.
Melvin Burgess is a British writer of children's fiction. He became famous in 1996 with the publication of Junk, about heroin-addicted teenagers on the streets of Bristol. In Britain, Junk became one of the best-known young adult books of the decade. Burgess won the annual Carnegie Medal from the Library Association, recognising the year's best children's book by a British author. For the 10th anniversary in 2007 it was named one of the top ten Medal-winning works, selected by a panel to compose the ballot for a public election of the all-time favourite.
