SuitabookBallet Shoes (Shoes #1)
Noel Streatfeild
- Reading
- Read together or check in after the opening, using the sisters’ different interests to invite discussion; pause if the family situation raises questions.
- Themes
- Different ambitions: Pauline is drawn to films, Posy to dancing, and Petrova would rather pilot a plane, as they pursue lives in and around show business. The sisters’ differing aims are clear, but how the story evaluates their choices is not established.
- Family responsibility and hard work: The sisters attend a performing-arts academy hoping to help their family, and their entry into show business involves hard work and practice. The outline connects family hopes with effort, but does not establish whether this responsibility is presented positively, critically or otherwise.
- Worth knowing
- The sisters are described as orphans trying to help their family. Their work in show business also involves hard practice; the extent and emotional weight of these pressures are unclear.