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Age Range
8 - 12
Genre
historical fiction
Copyright Year
2004-01-01
Page Count
416
Publisher
Puffin Books
Grade Level
3rd - 7th
ISBN
9781449462291
Lexile
880
Themes
adoption

The Star of Kazan

Written by Eva Ibbotson

Annika is happy living in the servants' quarters of a house owned by three eccentric professors. She adores Ellie and Sigrid, the cook and housemaid who found her as a baby, abandoned on a church doorstep. In the eleven years since, they have taught her how to bake and clean to perfection. Then one day a glamorous stranger arrives, claiming to be Annika's mother. Annika is no servant, she learns, but an aristocrat whose true home is an ancient castle. But at crumbling Spittal, Annika discovers that all is not as it seems in the lives of her newfound family. . .

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Eva Ibbotson: Author Interview and Discussion Guide

Interview with The Star of Kazan author Eva Ibbotson and discussion questions.
MY FAVORITES
Age Range
8 - 12
Genre
historical fiction
Copyright Year
2004-01-01
Page Count
416
Publisher
Puffin Books
Grade Level
3rd - 7th
ISBN
9781449462291
Lexile
880
Themes
adoption
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