Star of the Show
- Author Jacqueline Wilson, illustrated by Rachael Dean
- Narrator Saffron Coomber
- Publisher Penguin Random House Children's UK
- Publish Date 15 August 2024
- Run Time 6 hours and 55 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Children’s / Teenage fiction and true stories, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Family and home stories, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Historical fiction, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Dance, ballet, Children’s / Teenage: General interest, Children’s / Teenage: Social topics: Poverty / precarity.
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‘I’m going to a place called Grand Theatre and I’m going to be a dancer in a pantomime!’
Tess loves to dance, even when everything seems grim. After mum dies and pa leaves, she and her brothers and sisters are all alone, with hardly any food or money. With empty stomachs and scrambling for pennies, they’ve got to fend for themselves.
When Tess’s big brother and sister go out to look for work, she has to stay in class at The Ragged School and take care of their baby sister Ada. But Tess is determined that even though she is poor, she will still get to go to the ball…or at least to dance in the Cinderella pantomime at the Grand Theatre…
A captivating Victorian adventure about family troubles and big dreams from the bestselling Jacqueline Wilson.
©2024 Jacqueline Wilson (P)2024 Penguin Audio
| Author | Jacqueline Wilson, illustrated by Rachael Dean |
|---|---|
| Narrator | Saffron Coomber |
| Duration | 6 hours and 55 minutes |
| Release Date | |
| ISBN | 9780241689417 |
| Format | Audiobook |
| Publisher | Penguin Random House Children's UK |
| Genre | Children’s / Teenage fiction and true stories, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Family and home stories, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Historical fiction, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Dance, ballet, Children’s / Teenage: General interest, Children’s / Teenage: Social topics: Poverty / precarity |
| Availability | AU, GB, IE |
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