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In a fragile world on the brink of World War II, lovely young Englishwoman Ellen Carr takes a job as a housemother at an unorthodox boarding school in Vienna that specializes in music, drama, and dance. Ellen simply wants to cook beautiful food in the homeland of her surrogate grandmother, who had enchanted her with stories of growing up in the countryside of Austria. What she finds when she reaches the Hallendorf School in Vienna is a world that is magically unconventional - and completely out of control. The children are delightful, but wild; the teachers are beleaguered and at their wits' end; and the buildings are a shambles. In short, the whole place is in desperate need of Ellen's attention. Ellen seems to have been born to nurture all of Hallendorf; soon everyone from Leon the lonely young musical prodigy to harassed headmaster Mr. Bennet to Marek the mysterious groundsman depends on Ellen for - well, everything. And in providing all of them with whatever they need, especially Marek, for whom she develops a special attachment, Ellen is happier than she's ever been...
 
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Hardback Editions

September 2008 : Hardback
Cover of ISBN: 033047734XTitle: Song for Summer, A
Author(s): Eva Ibbotson
ISBN: 0-330-47734-X / 978-0-330-47734-5 (UK edition)
Publisher: Macmillan Children's Books
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November 1998 : Hardback
Cover of ISBN: 070899041XTitle: A Song for Summer (Charnwood Library)
Author(s): Eva Ibbotson
ISBN: 0-7089-9041-X / 978-0-7089-9041-4 (UK edition)
Publisher: Charnwood (Large Print)
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April 1998 : Hardback
Cover of ISBN: 0312181817Title: A Song for Summer
Author(s): Eva Ibbotson
ISBN: 0-312-18181-7 / 978-0-312-18181-9 (USA edition)
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
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September 1997 : Hardback
Cover of ISBN: 0712678093Title: A Song for Summer
Author(s): Eva Ibbotson
ISBN: 0-7126-7809-3 / 978-0-7126-7809-4 (UK edition)
Publisher: Century
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Paperback Editions

March 2009 : Paperback
Cover of ISBN: 0330444980Title: A Song for Summer
Author(s): Eva Ibbotson
ISBN: 0-330-44498-0 / 978-0-330-44498-9 (UK edition)
Publisher: Children's Books
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May 2007 : Paperback
Cover of ISBN: 0142408662Title: A Song for Summer
Author(s): Eva Ibbotson
ISBN: 0-14-240866-2 / 978-0-14-240866-7 (UK edition)
Publisher: Puffin Books
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1998 : Paperback
Cover of ISBN: B000OTAH9QTitle: A Song for Summer
Author(s): Eva Ibbotson
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
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September 1997 : Paperback
Cover of ISBN: 009925686XTitle: A Song for Summer
Author(s): Eva Ibbotson
ISBN: 0-09-925686-X / 978-0-09-925686-1 (UK edition)
Publisher: Arrow Books Ltd
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January 1997 : Mass Market Paperback
Cover of ISBN: B001KRV844Title: Song for Summer, A
Author(s): Eva Ibbotson
Publisher: Arrow Books Ltd
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Audio Editions

June 2009 : Audio CD
Cover of ISBN: 0230735878Title: A Song for Summer
Author(s): Eva Ibbotson
ISBN: 0-230-73587-8 / 978-0-230-73587-3 (UK edition)
Publisher: Macmillan Digital Audio
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November 1998 : Audio Cassette
Cover of ISBN: 0754002292Title: A Song for Summer: Complete & Unabridged
Author(s): Eva Ibbotson
ISBN: 0-7540-0229-2 / 978-0-7540-0229-1 (UK edition)
Publisher: Chivers Audio Books
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Other Editions

September 1997 : Unknown
Cover of ISBN: 0099258625Title: Song for Summer
Author(s): Eva Ibbotson
ISBN: 0-09-925862-5 / 978-0-09-925862-9 (UK edition)
Publisher: Arrow Bks.
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