Sentences with phrase «spirited young heroine»

The story's spirited young heroine, an African - American girl who dreams of becoming a ballet dancer, lives with her mother in Harlem.
Fans of the resilient and spirited young heroine in Katherine Hannigan's 2004 debut Ida B will welcome the...

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Executive produced by Angelina Jolie, «The Breadwinner» does precisely that, and though Twomey's essential, empathetic look into the plight of women, young and old, in present - day Afghanistan doesn't identify its heroine as the exact same girl, her jade - colored eyes are a certain reminder, while her spirit burns every bit as strongly.
In a surprisingly madcap Jane Austen - ish vein, Emily (played in her younger years by actress Emma Bell before a more querulous Nixon takes over) emerges as a spirited heroine with very particular and unconventional ideas about herself, and her relationship to God and the written word.
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