Ballet Shoes for Anna (Essential Modern Classics)

Threechildren,havinglosttheirparentsinanearthquake,cometoEnglandtolivewithaprimuncleandafeebleaunt.Annalivesonlytodance–butheruncleforbidshertohaveanythingtodowithballet.Howwillshesurvive?ForAnna,everythingtakessecondplacetoherburningdesiretodance.EventheearthquakethatdestroyedherTurkishhomehasnotmadeherthinkdifferently,onlynowshe'sstuckinaprimsuburbanhouseholdwithanunclewho"doesn'tapprove"ofdancing.WhatcanAnnado?Notonlyistherenoonetogiveherlessons,butthere'snomoneyforthemeither,and,anyway,dancing'sforbidden.Willsheeverbecometheballerinashelongstobe?