A Dream of Sadler's Wells
10 best books like A Dream of Sadler's Wells (Lorna Hill): The Wolves of Willoughby Chase, Betsy-Tacy, Thursday's Child, The Four-Story Mistake, Dancing Shoes, The Ship That Flew, A Very Young Dancer, The School at the Chalet, Ballet Shoes for Anna, Ballet for Drina
The Wolves of Willoughby Chase
| Author | Joan Aiken |
| ISBN | 0385327900 |
Wicked wolves and a grim governess threaten Bonnie and her cousin Sylvia when Bonnie's parents leave Willoughby Chase for a sea voyage. Left in the care of the cruel Miss Slighcarp, the girls can hardly believe what is happening to their once happy home. The servants are dismissed, the furniture is sold,...
| Author | Maud Hart Lovelace |
| ISBN | 0064400964 |
Best Friends Forever
There are lots of children on Hill Street, but no little girls Betsy's age. So when a new family moves into the house across the street, Betsy hopes they will have a little girl she can play with. Sure enough, they do—a little girl named Tacy. And from the moment they meet...
| Author | Noel Streatfeild |
| ISBN | 0440486874 |
Margaret Thursday is an orphan who was found with three of everything, of the best quality, and had money left each year to keep and educate her. However one day this money runs out. Margaret is sent to an orphanage where she endures hardship, hunger, and punishment, but her ebullient personality triumphs....
| Author | Elizabeth Enright |
| ISBN | 0805070613 |
Following on from the first book, the Melendy family move from the city to the countryside to live in a house called The Four-Story Mistake. Some of the family were sad to leave New York but soon they all discover the space and the freedom and a whole new load of adventures.
We loved following the...
| Author | Noel Streatfeild |
| ISBN | 0340626631 |
Wintle's Little Wonders
When Cora Wintle goes to pick up her orphaned niece, Rachel, she discovers that Rachel's adopted sister, Hilary, would be perfect for her dancing troupe. The only problem is that Hilary might be as good as her own precious daughter, Dulcie. Still, she's determined to take...
When my mother and grandparents when on sabbatical in Nottingham, they lived next door to Hilda Lewis who gave my family several copies (the book came out in 1939). Years later when I was little my mother pulled this book out and it became one of my most beloved and cherished books. It is one of the most enchanting...
| Author | Jill Krementz |
| ISBN | 0394408853 |
Growing up, my sister and I took turns checking out this and A VERY YOUNG GYMNAST from the library. My mom eventually bought us A VERY YOUNG SKATER and A VERY YOUNG HORSEBACK RIDER, but DANCER and GYMNAST are still the best.
In the mid-1970s, Krementz spent months following 10-year-old Stephanie...
| Author | Elinor M. Brent-Dyer |
| ISBN | 0006925170 |
Well, I've reread about ten of these today (not going to rate them all, thinking of your poor feeds), and I've only got about twenty in the series, which must contain over fifty books...
I tend to divide the copies I've got into two sets. The first set is the beginning of the school, which is a boarding...
| Author | Noel Streatfeild |
| ISBN | 0006753981 |
Not my favorite Streatfeild, though I found it interesting that it was a little darker than her usual. The parents die at the very beginning and the effects of it on the kids are dealt with at least a little. (I mean, I know she has other dead parents, but generally they're far in the backstory.) The uncle...
| Author | Jean Estoril |
| ISBN | 0590421905 |
I received this book from my cousin when I was quite young, perhaps about 8 or 9. I'm not sure how many times I read it as a child, but it was a favorite. I loved the illustration on the cover- the edition I had as a child was the Scholastic edition with the pink cover.
A few years ago, I was poking around...
| Author | Charles Tritten |
| ISBN | 0307122212 |
When I was seven or eight, there was a block of flats near my home which were condemned. My sister, her friend and I spent several afternoons exploring the old flats. In one of them, I found abandoned copies of Heidi Grows Up and Heidi's Song. I read them, loved them, and lost them.
In need of comfort...
Betsy in Spite of Herself
Betsy Ray is now a sophomore, and she and her Crowd are in the thick of things at Deep Valley High. Whether she's carrying out her duties as class secretary, trying to charm the exasperating Joe Willard, or juggling the demands of rhetoricals, football games, parties, and exams, Betsy's got her hands...
| Author | Maud Hart Lovelace |
| ISBN | 0064405478 |
The Best School Year Ever That's the kind of junior year Betsy Ray has planned for herself. And when her childhood friend Tib Muller moves back to Deep Valley, Betsy's sure her perfect year is off to a grand start. With charming, funny Tib around, Crowd doings are more fun than ever -- especially after Betsy...
