Somersaults and Dreams: Rising Star

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Ellie has a dream . . . to become a world-class gymnast. When she’s offered a place at the prestigious London Gymnastics Academy, it looks like she has a chance to make that dream come true. But there are many obstacles to overcome, new friends to make, and rivalries to face! Will she make it, against all the odds? Love Cathy Cassidy or Jacqueline Wilson? Don’t miss this gorgeous new series set in the heady world of gymnastics.

Ellie has a dream … to become a world-class gymnast. When she’s offered a place at the prestigious London Gymnastics Academy, it looks like she has a chance to make that dream come true. But there are many obstacles to overcome, new friends to make, and rivalries to face! Will she make it, against all the odds? This is a fun middle-grade book following Ellie, a 13 year old from Cornwall who dreams of being a top gymnast. In this book she is given a chance to further her dream when she's given a scholarship to a top gymnastics academy, but attending it means moving away from her home of Cornwall to London, leaving in the middle of the school year and attempting to go for the Olympic gold that her aunt missed out on when she suffered a debilitating injury during a competition. The 'Somersaults and Dreams' series was inspired by her daughter, Elsie. and all her squad mates and coaches at Baskervilles Gym Club www.baskervillesgym.co.uk, but she also spent time with the GB gymnastics squad who were a huge inspiration for the series. There's fun-loving Nancy and her twin brother Tam, crazy Katya Popolov, the Russian circus girl and 'Queen of the Beam' Scarlett - not forgetting the crazy but awesome coaches! Follow their ups - and downs as they work towards British Champs, National Squad, European Champs … maybe even the Olympics? I liked a lot about this book and would have loved it even more if reading it as a gymnastics-obsessed nine year old. I loved the twins, Nancy and Tam and the descriptions of Head-over-heels house and the eccentric coaches. Ellie's home in Cornwall and her family are described with genuine warmth and I felt sorry for her aunt, once the hope of British Gymnastics, who lost that future in a split-second.

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Somersaults and Dreams follows young gymnast Ellie Trengilly, her friends – and rivals – in their adventures at the prestigious Gymnastics Academy in London. Love Cathy Cassidy or Jacqueline Wilson? Don't miss this gorgeous new series set in the heady world of gymnastics. Ellie has a dream … to go to the Olympics and make her family proud. When she's offered a place at the prestigious Gymnastics Academy in London, it looks like she has a chance to make that dream come true. But there are obstacles to overcome, new friends to make, and rivalries to face.