Ballet Shoes for Anna

This is the sort of book that if you found an old copy in an op shop, you'd buy it even though you already have one, then walk around with it in your handbag looking for someone to give it to. Ok, I might be the only one nutty enough to actually do that, but it would make you feel like doing it.

I am a huge fan of Noel Streatfeild's work. Ballet Shoes for Anna is an exciting and different style of writing that I enjoyed. Instead of Streatfeild's usual way of writing from the performer (usually girls), this book is mostly in the point of view of Anna's two brothers, Francesco and Gussie, who are trying to get Anna her needed ballet lessons without their Uncle Cecil, who they moved in with when their parents died, knowing, who believes dancing to be a sin.