Jess doesn't think she's going to like ballet - snooty Primrose Pettifer loves it and she'd hate to be like her. But Jess' friend persuades her to go to the first lesson and as soon as she meets her teachers, the magical Miss Ethel and Miss Angelica Twirl, she realises that ballet can be more fun than she'd ever imagined.
Harriet Castor was just thirteen when the first of her Fat Puss novels was published. She went on to become a children's book editor and now writes full time for both children and adults. A real ballet enthusiast, she is the author of the popular Ballerinas series.