Marie: An Invitation to Dance, Paris, 1775, Book 1 (Girlhood Journeys)
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Books › Juvenile Fiction › Historical › Europe
ISBN: 0689809859 / Publisher: Aladdin, October 1996
Ten-year-old Marie dreams of becoming a ballerina, but without a wealthy sponsor, she faces a more mundane future dictated by her family's position in pre-Revolutionary Parisian society
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Marie, who lives in eighteenth-century Paris, dreams of becoming a ballerina, but as a member of her modest family, her future of attending convent school, getting married, and having children is set, unless she can find a wealthy patron to sponsor her. Simultaneous.
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