Drina #4: Drina Dances on Stage

Drina comes back from Chalk Green, the boarding school, and almost feels like a new girl at the Dominick. However, she makes a new friend rather quickly, and continues gracefully on her path to becoming a ballerina. She gets to go to Italy and visit her Italian grandmother, and as the Dominick Company is in Italy at the same time, suprises for young Drina ensue. This is a lovely book - probably my favorite in the entire 11 book series. Ms. Estoril writes vividly about both Drina's life, and Italy, and it's impossible not to fall in love with this book. I highly recommend it to anyone, young or old, who has ever enjoyed the world of dance.

Due to the different names I got mixed up and thought this was the second book not the fourth. This one is really fantastic and Italy suits Drina so much. Some of the best in the series are the ones where Drina is abroad, such as this one, because the descriptions are so vivid and of course the stories are excellent! Please disregard my previous review as it was on the wrong book.

Drina comes back from Chalk Green missing it, and almost feels like a stranger at the Dominick. She, however, makes friends with a foreigner named Ilonka, and feels more at home. She also goes to visit her Italian grandmother in Milan, and her cousins in Italy... and even dances with the Dominick company, who are on tour there. This is probably my favorite one... Ms. Estoril makes Italy seem so wonderful, and I love Drina getting to dance with the company. :)

My copy of this book is called something different.'Ballet for Drina' And it's excellent as are all the Drina books. She acts at Londons West End for the first time as Fracoise, a young girl from Paris who has an unhappy home life. Drina is a very talented actor. This is one of my favourites in the series (which is magical!)