by Lee Hall, Melvin Burgess · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782070548170
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«Billy Elliot» is the young adult novel by Melvin Burgess based on the screenplay by Lee Hall, published by Gallimard in paperback (210 pages, in French).
Billy Elliot is a boy from a mining community in the midst of a labor struggle. When he discovers his passion for ballet, he clashes with the opposition of his father and brother, who are devoted to the mining conflict. Billy decides to dance to carve a path toward a different future.
Published in 2001, it is part of the Folio Junior collection.
Aimed at young readers, it offers in French a story of personal overcoming through dance.
Melvin Burgess is a British writer of children's fiction. He became famous in 1996 with the publication of Junk, about heroin-addicted teenagers on the streets of Bristol. In Britain, Junk became one of the best-known young adult books of the decade. Burgess won the annual Carnegie Medal from the Library Association, recognising the year's best children's book by a British author. For the 10th anniversary in 2007 it was named one of the top ten Medal-winning works, selected by a panel to compose the ballot for a public election of the all-time favourite.
