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Type of bind: Paperback
EAN num: 9780142405826
ISBN number: 0142405825
Label: Puffin
Manufacturer: Puffin
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 416
Printing Date: April 06, 2006
Publishing house: Puffin
Age index: Young Adult
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Annika has never had a birthday. Instead she celebrates her Found Day, the day a housemaid and a cook to three eccentric Viennese professors found her and took her home. There, Annika has made a happy life in the servants’ quarters, surrounded with friends, including the elderly woman subsequent door who regales Annika with stories of her performing days and her countless admirers—especially the Russian count who gave her the legendary emerald, the Star of Kazan. And yet, Annika still dreams of finding her true mother. But when a glamorous stranger arrives claiming to be Annika’s mother, and whisks her away to a crumbling, spooky castle, Annika discovers that all is not as it seems in her newfound home . . . .
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My family - husband, wife, and girls who are 8 and 6 - listened to The Star of Kazan on CD during a long trip to the beach and back. We were all interested in the tale and enjoyed the book. I'll let you read other reviews to learn more. But specific to the audio book: the reading was excellent and beautifully modulated, and the writing was well suited to reading aloud.
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THE STAR OF KAZAN is about an 11 year old girl called Annika. She's an orphan who was found in a church by Ellie the chef and Sigrid the maid. Every night, Annika told herself the same story about her mother looking for her long lost daughter. One day Annika's rich friend, Loremarie asked her to read a book of health to her old aunt. That's where she learned about the Star of Kazan and many other jewels. Loremarie's old aunt thought they were all fake, but they were real. Later Loremarie's Aunt died.
A few days later a person who claimed to be her long lost mother appeared.
Annika didn't know that this was not her mother, but a person after the jewels. These jewels had been willed to Annika by Loremarie's aunt, but she had no idea.
Annika and her (fake) mother moved to Norrland. There she makes friends with a gypsy's son, an odd dog and a crazy horse. Together, they discover the truth.
For anyone who loves excitement, sadness, and tragedy in a story, this would be a great book for them.
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I stumbled across this, and I'm so glad I did! I love this book. I want to hug it. It is just full of sweetness, but also real, beadrock life. I just wish I had a little girl so I could read it to her.
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This is my all-time favorite book. It is one of those books you just can't put down. I would be dishonest to say it had any flaws. My favorite parts are where Anika (the main character) is listening to her neighbors' aunt's stories, especially about how the jewel shop owner gave the old woman "glass" copies of the jewels she had and the time where she makes the Christmas carp by herself. Eva Ibbotson is a great author anyway, and this is her book "jewel," fitting the story.
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Do you celebrate your birthday or your found day? Well, Annika the main character of The Star of Kazan by Eva Ibbotston celebrates her Found Day which was the day that a cook named Ellie and a housemaid, named Sigird who work for three professors, found Annika in a beautiful church.
Annika is a servant who goes to bed every night with one thought that puts her to sleep, her real mother coming to find her in Vienna. Vienna is a beautiful town in Austria. Annika has a lot of friends in Vienna, including an old lady who lives subsequent door. Annika looked after her and started to grow fond of the old lady. When Annika was looking after the old lady the lady would tell her stories and one day the old lady showed Annika a chest of jewels and necklaces that were copied. There was one copied jewel that was emerald and circular and that jewel was called the Star of Kazan.
The Star of Kazan is a thrilling adventure. If you need an adventurous book then you should read the The Star of Kazan.
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