'I'm going to a place called Grand Theatre and I'm going to be a dancer in a pantomime!' Tess
loves to dance even when everything seems grim. After mum dies and pa leaves she and her
brothers and sisters are all alone with hardly any food or money. With empty stomachs and
scrambling for pennies they've got to fend for themselves. When Tess's big brother and sister
go out to look for work she has to stay in class at The Ragged School and take care of their
baby sister Ada. But Tess is determined that even though she is poor she will still get to go
to the ball...or at least to dance in the Cinderella pantomime at the Grand Theatre... A
captivating Victorian adventure about family troubles and big dreams from the bestselling
Jacqueline Wilson.
