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I started this book, one of my all time favorite Streatfeilds, standing in a public library in Bermuda in November 1971, and it was years before I found a copy in the US but it was just as good as I had remembered it.
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I have always loved Noel Streatfeild's books and as a child I got my library to ILL them for me or hunted through second hand book stores to find all of them. She tells the perfect "girls stories". I was always able to find one character in each book that was my favorite. They definitely stand up to re-reads.
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I didn't think this one was as good as Ballet Shoes or Theater Shoes. Maybe it's just because the formula behind the Shoes series isn't fresh to me anymore. Still, I think the other two are better, story-wise and character-wise, than this one.
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I think this is my favorite of the "Shoes" books.
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I had never read any of the "Shoes" books - I guess I just didn't run into them as a child. Typical story of plucky orphans and a spoiled child who receives a much-needed come-uppance, but better written than most.
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Ever since watching "You've Got Mail" I've wanted to read books by Noel Streatfield. Thanks to an online friend of mine, I've finally been able to. It's a children's book, to be sure, but quite sweet for what it is, and I enjoyed the atmosphere of it. I also have "Theater Shoes" and "Ballet Shoes", but as far as I can see it's not a continuing series, but rather separate stories?
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Jul 27, 2007
Summer
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Dec 14, 2013
Lisa
marked it as to-read
