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Ballet Shoes: A Story of Three Children on the Stage


Book Description
Pauline, Petrova and Posy are orphans, found by Great Uncle Matthew (or Gum) on his travels. Pauline was rescued from a shipwreck, Petrova from a Russian hospital and Posy from a family who could not afford to keep her. Sent to live with Gum's niece Sylvia in London, the girls choose their own surname - Fossil -vowing to put it 'into history books'. But with Gum away and money short, their ambitio... More
Book Information
PublisherFolio Society
BindingHardcover (94 editions)
Reading LevelUncategorized
# of PagesN/A
ISBN-10B00I2ZIR9Q
Publication Date/2011
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1/6/2008 Felicity Hansen said:
This story of three girls who become sisters by accident (they were collected by an eccentric professor) is set in pre-war London. It stresses that all girls have a gift or talent, and that they need to use this in order to make their way in the world - a remarkably modern idea for the times! The ... more

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