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4.3/5 Barnes & Noble Publication date 1992 OCLC 24544979 LC Class PZ7.M478415 Mi 1992 Genre Picture book Awards Caldecott Medal | 4/5 Goodreads Country United States ISBN 978-0-399-22130-9 Dewey Decimal [E] 20 Originally published 1992 Illustrator Emily Arnold McCully Publisher G. P. Putnam's Sons | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Emily arnold mccully mirette on the high wire
Mirette on the High Wire is a children's picture book written and illustrated by Emily Arnold McCully. Published in 1992, the book tells the story of Mirette, a French girl who learns to walk on the tightrope. McCully won the 1993 Caldecott Medal for her illustrations.
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Plot summary
Mirette lives in a boardinghouse in France. One day her life is changed by a man named Bellini, a famous tightrope walker, who teaches Mirette how to walk on a tightrope.
Musical
Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt, best known for their long-running off-Broadway musical The Fantasticks, created a musical version of the book in 1996.
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