A review by mrswythe89
Circus Shoes by Noel Streatfeild

4.0

Oh, Noel Streatfeild, how I love you. I've been wanting to read this ever since I knew of its existence. Yay for reprints! It's not exactly claimed a place with [book: White Boots] and [book: Ballet Shoes] as a favourite Streatfeild book, but it's one of her better ones. I like the unsentimentality of Gus's character. While it was great watching Peter develop, I was a little disappointed with Santa's character progression; I liked her and felt more could have been done with her. I don't think she really changed at all: there was no difference between her at the beginning of the book and her at the end.