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Life with Uncle Cecil is no fun but the children are determined that Anna should be a ballerina, as their dancing-teacher grandfather had wished. Despite Uncle Cecil's opposition to dancing, Anna's brothers secretly battle to raise the money for lessons to set Anna on the path to stardom.
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“This book is a perfect, inspiring pick-me-up, especially to anyone with a dream. It is written with conviction and that classic old-time feel to take you to places you might never have known.” – Sunday Express
Praise for Noel Streatfeild:
“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
“Noel Streatfeild has that happy, skilful knack of turning her characters into real people – something which only really good novelists can do.”
BBC Children’s Hour
For Anna, everything takes second place to her burning desire to dance. Even the earthquake that destroyed her Turkish home has not made her think differently, only now she's stuck in a prim suburban household with an uncle who "doesn't approve" of dancing.
What can Anna do? Not only is there no one to give her lessons, but there's no money for them either, and, anyway, dancing's forbidden. Will she ever become the ballerina she longs to be?
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- PublisherHarperCollins Children's Books
- Publication date2019
- ISBN 10 0007270046
- ISBN 13 9780007270040
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages240
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