Star Turn
By Jean Ure
1993
First Published
3.70
Average Rating
151
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Part of Series
Jessamy has been brought up to eat, drink and sleep ballet, let alone dance it, but has never quite managed to capture that special something in her dancing. When she spots Karen, a shy new girl at school, she sees in her that star quality lacking in herself, and vows to help her at all costs.
Avg Rating
3.70
Number of Ratings
20
5 STARS
20%
4 STARS
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3 STARS
35%
2 STARS
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1 STARS
5%
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Author
Jean Ure
Author · 61 books
Prolific English children and young adult author. Had her first book published while still in high school, then studied theater at Webber-Douglas in London. Her most well-known work is the Point Crime novel Dance with Death. Others include Plague 99, After the Plague (previously "Come Lucky April"), Big Tom, Family Fan Club and Shrinking Violet, as well as the fantasy The Wizard In the Woods. Today, Ure is very popular with British female teenage readers with novels such as Shrinking Violet, Family Fan Club and Passion Flower. Ure has also translated Danish writer Sven Hassel's WWII novels to English.
