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Ten-year-old Ellie Brown is an American girl living in London. For Ellie, ballet isn't just a dream, it's become a way of life. She's danced for almost as long as she can remember and started ballet lessons when she was four. Now Ellie is presented with the opportunity of a lifetime-a chance to audition for a spot to dance with the Royal Ballet. But Ellie knows that even if she won a place, it would mean moving to London and leaving her ill-stricken mother behind with no one to care for her. When the day of the audition finally arrives, Ellie must decide between pursuing her dreams or sacrificing her goals of joining the Royal Ballet to be with her ...

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Ten-year-old Ellie Brown is an American girl living in London. For Ellie, ballet isn't just a dream, it's become a way of life. She's danced for almost as long as she can remember and started ballet lessons when she was four. Now Ellie is presented with the opportunity of a lifetime-a chance to audition for a spot to dance with the Royal Ballet. But Ellie knows that even if she won a place, it would mean moving to London and leaving her ill-stricken mother behind with no one to care for her. When the day of the audition finally arrives, Ellie must decide between pursuing her dreams or sacrificing her goals of joining the Royal Ballet to be with her mother. What will Ellie do?

Ten-year-old Ellie Brown is an American girl living in London. For Ellie, ballet isn't just a dream, it's become a way of life. She's danced for almost as long as she can remember and started ballet lessons when she was four. Now Ellie is presented with the opportunity of a lifetime-a chance to audition for a spot to dance with the Royal Ballet. But Ellie knows that even if she won a place, it would mean moving to London and leaving her ill-stricken mother behind with no one to care for her. When the day of the audition finally arrives, Ellie must decide between pursuing her dreams or sacrificing her goals of joining the Royal Ballet to be with her mother. What will Ellie do?

After moving from Chicago to Oxford, England, ten-year-old Ellie worries about making new friends at school and caring for her mother who has multiple sclerosis, while also preparing to audition for the resident dancers training program at London's Royal Ballet School.

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The Royal Ballet School Diaries jet s to a spirited start with this tale of a 10-year-old who moves from Chicago to England with her widowed mother, who has taken a job as a professor at Oxford. Ellie shares her thoughts through diary entries interspersed throughout the narrative, and readers learn that she is anxious about starting a new life yet thrilled that she has been accepted as a Junior Associate at the Royal Ballet School. The girl makes fast friends with several classmates, yet must contend with a barrage of barbs from popular Rachel. As the time approaches to apply to the competitive ballet school as a full-time boarding student for the following year, Ellie feels apprehensive about leaving her mother, who has multiple sclerosis, and she is also troubled by her mother's blossoming relationship with the mailman. Rachel makes an unrealistic about-face from nasty to nice, after learning about Ellie's father's death and mother's illness, and, given the series' title, there's little doubt about whether Ellie will apply to the ballet school-and be accepted (despite the facts that she misses her preliminary audition due to another of her mother's MS attacks and botches the final audition by crashing into another dancer). Still, Moss's facility for characterization and dialogue and her plot's carefully measured emotion will likely make readers wish to tune in for another performance. Ages 9-12. (Jan.) Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.

Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780448435350
  • Publisher: Penguin Group (USA)
  • Publication date: 1/13/2005
  • Pages: 144
  • Sales rank: 399,612
  • Age range: 9 - 12 Years
  • Series: Royal Ballet School Diaries Series , #1
  • Product dimensions: 5.14 (w) x 7.72 (h) x 0.33 (d)

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Alexandra Moss lives in Brighton, England.

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  • Posted March 11, 2011

    Very cute

    I enjoyed this charming look inside one of the world's most famous ballet schools. Tween girls who love to dance will be hooked!

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  • Posted August 1, 2009

    Go Ballet!

    This is a great book for girls who love ballet and want to read a great book about it, or for girls who just want a great read, even if they don't know anything about ballet! This book puts ballet into real terms from a real dancer's perspective. I reccommend this book, as well as all the others in the series!

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  • Anonymous

    Posted August 11, 2008

    I love this series!

    As a 11 year going on 12 years of ballet, i love this series. they are just like my life boys, ballet, and school work! When i read these books, i feel like i am there too!

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  • Anonymous

    Posted June 11, 2008

    This series it great

    This series is really good. It has a lot of ballet terms and it isn't one of those books where they don't put ballet as it really is! GO BALLET

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  • Anonymous

    Posted October 22, 2006

    Nice

    Children can learn from this experience from this girl Ellie.If you have a dream go and catch it.Like everyone says 'Everything moves fast in the world and if you stop to look around you'll miss it

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  • Anonymous

    Posted August 30, 2006

    Amazing

    This book is awsome!! I love to dance ballet as well! I read it in one day! Amazing!!!:)

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  • Anonymous

    Posted July 25, 2006

    Great Book

    It's was one of the best books I have ever read. I can really relate to her.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted July 30, 2006

    THE BESTEST SERIES OF BOOKS EVER WRITTEN

    I loved every single one as i could relate and enjoy the books as we both share such a amazing passion for ballet

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  • Anonymous

    Posted March 31, 2006

    Great!

    I loved this book! It tells a lot about ballet and ballet terms worked in with a story about a girl moving. I would recommend this book to anyone!

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  • Anonymous

    Posted November 11, 2005

    Awesome Book!

    Ellies Chance to Dance was just a fantastic novel. My daughter and I read the book together and she learned so much vocabulary words pertaining to ballet. The novel gives a good understanding of how life would be training to become a ballerina. The book doesn't talk about weight control - which is extremely good because young children should not worry about their weight,especially dancers,many take it too far!). Overall, I thought that the book was great and young dancers should definately read it!

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    Posted December 3, 2008

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