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Your Name:Colleen

Title of Book:Theater Shoes

Author: Noel Streatfield

Why did you choose to read this book?: I chose this book because I am in drama club myself and I thought it would be an intresting book about acting, dancing, and singing.

Theme (Main Idea of the Book): The main idea of the book is three orpans go to live with their grandmother and they have to go to a school for theater and stage training.

 Setting (Time and Place):1943; London

Plot (What Happens): Orphans, Sorrel, Mark , Holly go to live with their grandmother , Miss Shaw as she is known. The school their going to is the school for theater and stage training although sorrel thinks their not getting "the proper education".

Characters:Miss Jay, Aunt Lindsey, Uncle Francis, Uncle Mose, Miss Smith, Aunt Marguerite, Uncle Henry, Wilton House, Madame Fidolia, Miss Jones, Sir Joshua, Christmas Day, Pauline Fossil, The Tempeet, Good King Wenceslas, Miss Shaw, Posy Fossil, Sorrel Forbes, Henry Warren, Kate Greenaway, Lady Macbeth, Madame Tussaud, Miss Addie, Moses Cohen, Ponsonby Square

Fictional books always have main characters. Describe one main character in this book in detail. How did he/she look? What age was he/she? What was his/her personality like? What was the importance of this character to the story? Did you like this character? Why or Why not?

Main events:Sorrel gets porceline fish.

Miranda, Sorrel's , Holly's, and Mark's Cousin gets kind of jealous of Sorrel when the engered army man gives her the porceline fish because Miranda got kicked out of the performance and Sorrel took her place.

How did the story make you feel? The story made me feel like why would kids with such a great life ,doing the performing and dancing, not like it? Another feeling this story made me feel was, WoW Sorrel can really act , Mark can really sing, Holly is such a charmer.

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