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Ballet shoes / Noel Streatfeild ; illustrated by Ruth Gervis.

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Shelf Location	Collection	Volume Ref.	Branch	Status	Due Date	Res.
JF STRE	Junior Fiction		Childrens	. On Loan .	12 Jul 2024	Select this item

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Field name	Details
ISBN	9780141359809 (paperback)
Classification	JF STRE
Personal Name	Streatfeild, Noel
Title	Ballet shoes / Noel Streatfeild ; illustrated by Ruth Gervis.
Production & Copyright Details	London : Puffin Books, 2015.
Production & Copyright Details	©1936
Physical Description	325 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Content type	text
Content type	still image
Series	Premier's Reading Challenge 5-6
Note	"First published in Puffin Books 1949"--Title page verso.
Summary Note	Pauline, Petrova and Posy Fossil are sisters - with a difference. All three were adopted as babies by Great Uncle Matthew, an eccentric and rich explorer who then disappeared, leaving them in the care of his niece Sylvia. The girls grow up in comfort until their money begins to run out and nobody can find Great Uncle Matthew. Things look bleak until they hit on an inspired idea: Pauline, Petrova and Posy will take to the stage. But it's not long before the Fossils learn that being a star isn't as easy as they first thought...
Subject - Topical Term	Ballet -- Juvenile fiction
Subject - Topical Term	Children's stories
Subject - Genre	POLAND -- History -- Occupation, 1939-1945 -- Stories
Subject - Genre	WORLD WAR, 1939-1945 -- Poland -- Refugees -- Stories
Added Entry - Personal Name	Gervis, Ruth illustrator.