Brenda, at 15, is a wild girl who will risk anything - anything at all - to become a ballerina. Can her worried younger sister Mary, and the Ballet Angel she hopes will look after Brenda, prevent her fanatical determination leading her to disaster? But the Angel is only a statue...A story for young adults, about the glory, and danger, of fighting for a dream.Suitable for slow readers - but not a slow story.
Frances Mary Hendry is a British writer of children's historical fiction. Born and educated in Glasgow, Scotland she now resides in Nairn, where many of her books are set.