Hi, new to the forum. Have posted on other forums but no luck so far!
book I read probably towards 1980, but the book was much older.
It was in a ballet school and somebody had sabotaged some ballet rosin/ resin with grease or similar.
I seem to remember other parts of the story involving a pagoda and then children who ended up swimming in a cove and something to do with ribbons! But these may have been different short stories in a larger book. I think I remember that the book may have had a red cover. Once I get a clue I'll know exactly what it is, but at the moment I am stumped.
Many thanks, hope someone can help, the half remembered storylines are driving me up the wall!
Is this Enid Blyton or do you recognise it from elsewhere?
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Re: Is this Enid Blyton or do you recognise it from elsewhere?
It sounds slightly familiar, I'm sure someone has discussed something like this on the forums before, though I am certain it wasn't a Blyton book. I can't remember the book title or the thread title or anything helpful! I'm sure somebody else will though
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Re: Is this Enid Blyton or do you recognise it from elsewhere?
Could it be by Noel Streatfield? I don't recognise the incident from Ballet Shoes, but she also wrote a number of other books. I've got a couple about a girl called Gemma, but I've never got around to reading them, so don't know if they feature dancing or not.
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Re: Is this Enid Blyton or do you recognise it from elsewhere?
Lorna Hill wrote a number of ballet school books, her best known being the Sadlers Wells series:
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I read one or two of them as a child but I'm afraid I don't remember much about them now, but thought I'd mention them just in case any of the titles ring a bell.
Good luck with finding the book!
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I read one or two of them as a child but I'm afraid I don't remember much about them now, but thought I'd mention them just in case any of the titles ring a bell.
Good luck with finding the book!
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