A review by danaetkiss
Ballet Shoes by Noel Streatfeild

4.0

ballet shoes is a book from one of my favourite genres - poor british orphans from the 1800s- early 1900s. as someone who was read a lot of these kind of books throughout their life, ballet shoes truly has stuck with me. i believe that if you write a childrens book that is forgettable, it’s a failure. ballet shoes was not that and something absolutely perfect for anyone hoping for a fast paced novel that will cheer them up and will be easy to read. whilst the protagonists struggle and endure the hardships of poverty during the depression, there is always a undertone of hope. i burst into tears at the end of it simply because i didn’t want it to end. one of the books that will stick with me forever

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p.s. pauline is my favourite