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Capturing the glamour, heartache and triumphs of Junior Olympic figure-skating, this stunning new series whisks readers off to, quite literally, the coolest boarding school on earth. Francesca Willis is sharp, funny and quirky, but let's face it, pretty average...until you see her blades hit the ice. Then Frankie is truly spectacular. Frankie's love and flair for ice-skating means she's dedicated to practising at her local ice-rink every morning, teaching herself the hottest moves and the toughest spins. And her dreams look like they might come true when she is offered a place at team GB's Olympic training school, far from home in the idyllic Swiss mountains. But while the school boasts world-class tuition and promises sporting success, its super-privileged pupils are so cool they're practically sub-zero. Frankie's going to have to work hard to form friendships and fine-tune her talent in this fiercely competitive environment. After all, Frankie has talent, dedication and passion - but does she have what it takes to be a winner? A gripping new boarding school series with added ice, "Skate School" combines ambition, competition, friendship and fun. This compulsively cool read is sure to inspire budding sports stars everywhere - just in time for the Winter Olympics!
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Kay Woodward is the successful author of over twenty-five fiction books for children including the Flower Fairies series, as well as many non-fiction titles and joke books. Kay lives in Hampshire with her husband and her little girl, and writes from her office overlooking a massive eucalyptus tree.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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I just finished Skate School and I really enjoyed it. I love everything to do with ice skating and I want to be an ice princess like Frankie. I think she was really brave to leave her mum and dad but she made lots of new friends and learnt a lot about life in this book. I can't wait to read the next book to see what happens to her next.
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This is a well written and exciting book. It is the story of an ordinary 14 year old girl who skates in her own time, at the local rink and who is "discovered" by the coach of "team GB". She then goes to boarding school in the Swiss Alps to study ice skating. It is not your usual boarding school girly book, the focus is on the skating but friendships and homesickness play their part too. It is a story I read outloud to my 9 year old and she loved it! It is about positive competition, ice skating, friendships, family and has a cracking ending- we have just bought the 2nd book. Five stars from mother and daughter!
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Frankie has a passion for ice skating. Her family are average; loud siblings, busy parents, a stretched income and so she can never be more than an amateur. Still, she devotes every spare minute to skating at her local rink and it is there that she is talent spotted by Madame Kristiana von Berne, the director of Team GB, the British Ice Skating Winter Olympics team.
Madame Kristiana spots Frankie's natural talents and whisks her away to Switzerland to begin training with the rest of the team. They are not all as friendly as Frankie hopes, especially not Scarlett and Flic, the popular, rich, and above all, star skaters of Team GB. Frankie, miles from home and feeling inadequate, puts all her effort into training and it soon begins to pay off. She is finally good enough to participate in the British Junior championships, but will she be brave enough to try a risky move that could just win her the gold medal?
This is a pretty good example of its genre. Frankie is normal, very likeable, and has characteristics that shine through and make her an excellent role model. Madame Kristiana von Berne has an interesting back story that adds some much needed flesh to the bones of the main plotline. The popular girls are too typical, the normal, unfriendly high school clique, which is a failing. The book is also quite heavy on ice skating related terminology, which means for sections of the book that ought to be exciting and fast paced make absolutely no sense to the uninitiated. Having said that, overall the story is interesting and should appeal to all little girls that have big dreams.
Madame Kristiana spots Frankie's natural talents and whisks her away to Switzerland to begin training with the rest of the team. They are not all as friendly as Frankie hopes, especially not Scarlett and Flic, the popular, rich, and above all, star skaters of Team GB. Frankie, miles from home and feeling inadequate, puts all her effort into training and it soon begins to pay off. She is finally good enough to participate in the British Junior championships, but will she be brave enough to try a risky move that could just win her the gold medal?
This is a pretty good example of its genre. Frankie is normal, very likeable, and has characteristics that shine through and make her an excellent role model. Madame Kristiana von Berne has an interesting back story that adds some much needed flesh to the bones of the main plotline. The popular girls are too typical, the normal, unfriendly high school clique, which is a failing. The book is also quite heavy on ice skating related terminology, which means for sections of the book that ought to be exciting and fast paced make absolutely no sense to the uninitiated. Having said that, overall the story is interesting and should appeal to all little girls that have big dreams.
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