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Wilson, Jacqueline,

Star of the show / Jacqueline Wilson ; illustrated by Rachael Dean. - United Kingdom., Puffin Books, 2024. - 332 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

'I'm going to a place called the 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 nad 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 dance in the Cinderella pantomime at the grand theatre ...

ISBN: 9780241684160 0241684161

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Siblings--Juvenile fiction.
Abandoned children--Juvenile fiction.
Children's stories.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Historical fiction.
Action and adventure fiction.

Dewey Class. No.: 823.92