Author(s): Alexandra Moss

Fiction - middle

Nine-year-old Clara has won a place at a top London ballet school - it's what she's always wanted, but as well as excitement there are nerves too - what if all the other girls are better than her? And what about the friends she's leaving behind...? Book Two: There's a new French ballet mistress, and for some reason she seems to have singled out Clara for criticism. Clara is mystified and upset, but how can she prove to the teacher that she's as talented as everyone else?