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A Song for Summer

By: Eva Ibbotson
Narrated by: Emilia Fox
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 When 18-year-old Ellen accepts the post of housekeeper at Hallendorf School of Music, Drama and Dance she wasn't expecting it to be quite so unusual. For deep in the beautiful Austrian countryside, she finds an eccentrically magical world occupied by wild children and even wilder teachers, experimental dancers, and a tortoise on wheels. Ellen is particularly intrigued by the enigmatic, and very handsome, Marek, part-time gardener and fencing teacher.

Life in Hallendorf seems idyllic, but outside Hitler's Reich is already casting its menacing shadow over Europe. Through her growing friendship with Marek, Ellen begins to encounter the dreadful reality of a world on the brink of war. And by the time she has figured out Marek's true identity and his dangerous mission, she is completely in love with him - and equally sure that her love will never be requited.

©1997 Eva Ibbotson (P)2009 Macmillan Digital Audio Fiction Historical Historical Fiction Fantasy Young Adult Romance War

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"Ibbotson...gives life to characters of great depth and beautifully re-creates prewar Vienna and its surrounding countryside." ( Booklist)

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Abridgement lowered the quality of a great story

Eva ibbostson is one of my favourite authors, so I was quite disappointed to find that this version has been so insensitivity abridged, the small details that have been removed take the feeling and romance out of the story and you begin to lose the feelings off the characters
I rarely leave reviews as I don’t think I have much to add. But I felt I needed to in this case.

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