| 词条 | White Boots |
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| name = White Boots | title_orig = | translator = | image = White Boots cover.jpg | caption = First edition | author = Noel Streatfeild | illustrator = Milein Cosman | cover_artist = | country = United Kingdom | language = English | series = | genre = Children's novel | publisher = Collins | pub_date = 1951 | english_pub_date = | media_type = Print | pages = 249 pp | isbn = | preceded_by = | followed_by = }}White Boots is a children's novel by Noel Streatfeild. It was first published by Collins publishers in 1951. The book was published under the title Skating Shoes in the US, also in 1951.[1] White Boots tells the story of a poor girl and a rich girl who meet as a result of ice skating and is the tale of their unlikely friendship.[2] Plot summaryHarriet Johnson has been ill and her doctor arranges for her to take up ice skating in order to build strength in her legs. When she gets to the rink Harriet meets Lalla Moore, a young skater who has been training since she was three years old; Lalla's parents were killed in a skating accident, and her Aunt Claudia is determined that Lalla will be the greatest figure skater in the world. Harriet and Lalla soon become friends and as Harriet is still not well enough for school, it is arranged that she will share Lalla's governess and her various dance and fencing lessons. Harriet soon shows herself to be a talented skater, and she starts to take, and pass, the same skating tests that Lalla does. Lalla, on the other hand, is much more of a performer than a figure skater and starts to have trouble with various figures she needs to learn for tests. Lalla becomes jealous of Harriet and tells her that if she takes and passes her next skating test, Lalla will tell her aunt that she does not want Harriet to have lessons with her any more. Distraught, Harriet pretends to once again be ill while she decides what to do. But when Lalla hears that Harriet is seriously ill, she faints and later explains how nervous, miserable and guilty she feels. Lalla and Harriet go for a holiday together with their families and they talk about their futures. Lalla's coach tells her that she will never be a good enough figure skater to succeed in competitions, but that she could be a fantastic show skater and performer; whereas Harriet has potential to be a great skater one day, as she is better at the figures required to do well. Short storiesThere are more short stories that Noel Streatfeild wrote including the characters from White Boots:[3]
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References1. ^BBC h2g2: The 'Shoes' Books {{Portal |Children's literature}}{{1950s-child-novel-stub}}2. ^White Boots at the White Gauntlet Noel Streatfeild site 3. ^White Boots at the White Gauntlet Noel Streatfeild website 6 : 1951 British novels|British children's novels|Sports novels|William Collins, Sons books|Ice skating|1951 children's books |
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