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'The Circus is Coming' is a little different from her better known ballet books. The story is about two children who run away, hoping to find their uncle, rather than being sent to a children's home.
They are rather snooty children but it's due to ignorance rather than unpleasantness. They soon lose their snobbishness, and discover new values as well as some significant courage.
This book is a pleasant light read that would be appropriate for boys as well as girls. It was re-published as 'Circus Shoes' in the United States, and later that title was adopted in the UK too.
You can also read my longer review of The Circus is Coming, after re-reading nine years later.
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