Lorna Hill Books
Lorna Hill was a prolific author whose works for both children and adults found popularity worldwide. Her writing often drew inspiration from family life and personal experiences, offering readers sensitive and engaging narratives. Hill was also a skilled illustrator, frequently lending visual charm to her own texts. Her literary legacy lies in heartwarming and memorable stories that resonate with readers of all ages.
Inspired by swift's incredible 22,000-mile migration journey, this is a moving story about leaving home and finding the courage to overcome immeasurable odds.
A Dream of Sadler's Wells
- 222 pages
- 8 hours of reading
What happened before at Sadler's Wells will definitely interest those who read and enjoyed the first persons account of the young ballerina's first year as a Sadler's Wells student. In this book, earlier in time than the other, the famous ballet school is as yet an unaccomplished reality for enthusiastic Veronica. With her father recently dead, Veronica's intimate narrative tells how she is sent to stay with her wealthy cousins, Caroline and Fiona, who live in Newcastle, and how she met her own distant cousin, Sebastian, on the train going north. With Caroline, Fiona and Sebastian - who intends to be a musician, Veronica's year is full of escapades, squabbles and hard work. Allowed to take lessons, she is finally "seen" in a performance and promised an audition. The climax is an exciting race to get to London in time for the show. Breathless but relatively discerning. In A Dream of Sadler's Wells, 14-year-old Veronica is suddenly uprooted from her life in London and the ballet classes she loves so much when her father dies. Now she has to move away to live with mean relatives. How will she cope?
This edition includes all Lorna Hill's wonderful original illustrations, reproduced in black and white
A Dream of Sadler's Wells & Veronica at the Wells
- 384 pages
- 14 hours of reading
Collects A Dream of Sadler's Wells and Veronica at the Wells.
Return to the Wells
- 170 pages
- 6 hours of reading
Ella Sordy, now using her real name Ella Rosetti is the delight of the Sadlers Wells and her future as a brilliant ballerina seems assured. Suddenly, she is struck down by illness - an illness so grave that only the presence of her own Prince Charming can call her back from her delirium.
"Sen o baletní škole se vyplnil! Hrdinkou této knihy je Veronika Westonová, malíř Jonathan, baletka Stela a dobrosrdečná paní Crapperova. Světoznámá baletní škola Sadler´s Wells je velmi náročná. I když je Veronika velice talentovaná a nesmírně houževnatá, musí dřít do úmoru. Naštěstí její taneční partner Toni je ochoten ji kdykoliv pomoct. Veronika se totiž poprvé setkává s jevem, který se v prostředí tvrdé umělecké konkurence zákonitě objevuje a to s lidskou závistí a žárlivostí.
Veronika je čtrnáctiletá dívka, která i přes opakovanou nepřízeň osudu dokáže neopustit svojí životní lásku - balet. Zůstane bez rodičů, musí odjet z Londýna k příbuzným na venkov, kde pochopení pro její sen nikdo nemá. Nevzdává se však, zvyká si na poněkud odlišný způsob života, než jaký znala z města. Velkou oporou se pro ní stává nový kamarád Sebastián. Tajně dál cvičí a postupně svojí houževnatostí a vytrvalostí dosáhne vytouženého cíle - přijetí na slavnou baletní školu...... celý text
