by Eva Ibbotson · Macmillan Children's Books · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780330418027
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«The Star of Kazan» is Eva Ibbotson's children's adventure novel, published by Macmillan Children's Books in paperback (388 pages, in English).
In 1896, a cook and a maid find an abandoned baby in a church in the Alps. Annika grows up happily in the servants' quarters of eccentric Viennese professors, but dreams of meeting her mother. When a mysterious woman appears to claim Annika, the girl discovers an aristocratic origin and a ruined castle where nothing is as it seems.
Winner of the Nestlé Children's Book Prize Silver Award. Published in 2005 and nominated for the Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award.
A story of adventure and self-discovery, recommended for young readers aged 9 and up.
Eva Maria Charlotte Michelle Ibbotson was an Austrian-born British novelist, known for her children's literature. Some of her novels for adults have been reissued for the young adult market. The historical novel Journey to the River Sea won her the Smarties Prize in category 9–11 years, garnered an unusual commendation as runner-up for the Guardian Prize, and made the Carnegie, Whitbread, and Blue Peter shortlists. She was a finalist for the 2010 Guardian Prize at the time of her death. Her last book, The Abominables, was among four finalists for the same award in 2012.
