Listen to the Nightingale
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Cover Story
Our front cover this month features an illutration by Mark Longworth for Gillian Cross's new paperback, The Revenge of the Demon Headmaster. Puffin publish this book in April 1995 (see the Gillian Cross Authorgraph for full details) and we are grateful to them for their help in using this illustration.
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Listen to the Nightingale
A gentle, perceptive story about a young girl's ambition to enter the Royal Ballet School. The style is reminiscent of books from the 40s and 50s but is none the worse for that. Ten-year-old Lottie is thrilled when she's accepted after the tough audition, but her joy is overshadowed by the problem of having to give up her dog. Who will look after him? The upheaval of settling in to a strange environment, making new friends and the sheer hard slog of training are authentically woven into an engrossing story - one which will be enjoyed by young balletomanes.