Dancing Shoes 5: Making the Grade: Bk. 5 (Dancing Shoes S.) - Tapa blanda

Lou and Emma can't stop thinking about their first grade exams. They want to do well, but when Emma's dad loses his job, they realise that ballet exams aren't the only things to worry about. If Emma's family has to move away, the two friends might have to part. Luckily, Angela's grandfather comes to the rescue and he and Emma's dad go into business together. Emma stands up to Angela and they all pass their exams - Lou gets a distinction.

Antonia Barber is very knowledgeable about ballet - her daughter studied ballet from the age of three and attended the Royal Ballet School junior classes at Sadler's Wells. Antonia is well known for such best-selling picture books as THE MOUSEHOLE CAT (with Nicola Bayley) and CATKIN (with P J Lynch). Her novel GHOSTS, filmed and published in paperback as THE AMAZING MR BLUNDEN, was runner-up for the Carnegie Medal. Antonia Barber lives in Ashford, Kent.