White Boots - Softcover

Streatfeild, Noel

4.09

3,831 ratings by Goodreads

Softcover

ISBN 10: 000727002X ISBN 13: 9780007270026

Publisher: Harper Collins, 2008

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Harriet must choose between her friend Lalla and her new-found love of ice-skating...

“If you pass your inter-silver, I’ll tell Aunt Claudia that I don’t want to work with you any more.”

Harriet is told that she must take up ice-skating in order to improve her health. She isn’t much good at it, until she meets Lalla Moore, a young skating star. Now Harriet is getting better and better on the ice, and Lalla doesn’t like it. Does Harriet want to save their friendship more than she wants to skate?

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Review:

“White Boots. Author: Noel (Ballet Shoes) Streatfeild. And you know we might very well leave it at that – for what higher recommendation is wanted? Noel Streatfeild has that happy, skilful knack of turning her characters into real people – something which only really good novelists can do. A first-rate book.”
BBC Children’s Hour

“Noel Streatfeild’s position in the children’s book world is unique. She is endlessly inventive, full of verve and real understanding of the surfaces of childhood. Her stories are rich in documentary interest and entertainment, escapism of a most satisfying sort.”
TLS

“Noel Streatfeild is an author who is a true master of her craft.”
Illustrated London News

From the Back Cover:

When at last Harriet saw what her present was she hugged the boots and skates to her and almost sang. "My own white boots and skates. Proper white boots!"

Harriet is told that she must take up ice-skating in order to improve her health, but she's not much good at it, until she meets Lalla Moore, a young skating star. As Harriet finds herself getting better and better on the ice, she realises that Lalla is jealous of her new found talent. Does Harriet want to save their friendship more than she wants to skate?

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