A review by bookgirl4ever
Ballet Shoes by Noel Streatfeild

2.0

Uncle Gum is an eccentric fossil collector. He takes long trips around the world and bring back little orphan baby girls. Soon he disappears and his niece, Sylvia, and her old nanny, Nana, have to raise the girls on the a limited income. To earn a little money, Sylvia invites boarders to live in their home. One boarder hooks the girls up with the theater and dance school she teaches at. Turns out the oldest, Pauline, is a natural actress; the second oldest Petrova, while not particularly skilled can do her part once old enough earning money onstage; and the youngest and daughter of a dedicated dancer, Posy, is a natural at ballet (and boy does she know it!).

I was interested to know how the girls got a long trying to keep the family together and household running while Gum was lost, but the story became tedious with an unfamiliar currency system (British pounds, shillings and what not) and everything continuously working out for each girl.

Grades 5-6.