Ballet Shoes (A Puffin Book)

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This book is not just about ballet, but theater, motorcars and other interests as well, so can be appealing to any girl.

According to CCSU there were about 160 commended runners up for 1936 and the 49 years from 1954 to 2002, including Streatfeild and Howard Spring for 1936.A fantastic book from Noel Streatfield about dancing ballet and earning a living starting from the age of twelve! The 'Shoes' titles, used by the authors US publishers, do not indicate that the books are a narrative series, but rather just that the books are of a similar style/genre.

But it’s actually a marvellous recreation of England in the 1930s focusing on the everyday lives of the impoverished middle classes. Pauline is a gifted actress and Posy a talented dancer, but Petrova knows the performing world is not for her; she’d rather learn about how machines work, and operate cars and airplanes. Hallberg was the first American to join the Bolshoi as a principal, and this book is an emotionally raw crisis of injury and ego, the story of a world-class athlete pushing the limits of sports medicine.

A children's novel from the 1930s about three adopted sisters, poor but talented, who attend a dance and stage school in London. There are numerous references to Britain’s troubled empire, as well as the aftermath of WW1 and the Russian Revolution glimpsed through encounters with figures linked to the city’s large numbers of Russian refugees. But it's still a charming little book full of very likeable characters (unlike some in the other I've read) and the days and months and years fly by while we follow the girls as they practice and try to make a name for themselves. I’m really sorry but I can’t identify your mystery book, though Kitty Barnes is an author’s name which springs to mind. This is what Sylvia preferred as she charged extra for meals; she made money out of the meals; the actual rent, which was very cheap by modern standards, covered only the basics.