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    Dazzling Danny
    Dazzling Danny
    Dazzling Danny
    Ebook87 pages31 minutes

    Dazzling Danny

    By Jean Ure and Karen Donnelly

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    Danny loves dancing, but not the funky, popular variety that would have his friends green with envy; no, Danny loves Ballet. A ‘Billy Elliot’ for younger readers by this renowned ballet-loving author.

    Danny loves ballet, but he daren’t admit it to his mates. But one of his teacher’s knows, and she casts Danny in the starring ballet role in the end of term show at school. But Danny is also in the school football team and the rehearsals for the show clash with team nights. How can be maintain his cool with his peers and still star in the performance. Mixups and mayhen ensue as several fibs are told to parents, friends and siblings. But at the end of the day, is Danny sick as a parrot or over the moon? On performance night, Danny is simply DAZZLING!

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins UK
    Release dateMar 27, 2014
    ISBN9780007522705
    Dazzling Danny
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    Jean Ure

    Jean Ure was born in Surrey and, when growing up, knew that she was going to be a writer or a ballet dancer. She began writing when she was six years old and had her first book published while she was still at school. Jean is a vegan and animal lover. She lives with her husband, seven dogs and four cats in a 300 year old house in Croydon.

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      Dazzling Danny - Jean Ure

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      Chapter One

      Hi! I’m Danny Allbright. Dazzling Danny! That’s what they call me. Dazzling Danny, or Danny the Dazzle. Sometimes just Dazzler. It really used to embarrass me when they first started doing it. That was back last term. The spring term. We’re nearly at the end of summer, now, so I guess I’ve kind of got used to it. It doesn’t bother me any more. Even my dad sometimes goes, Hey! Dazzler! And on my birthday my gran sent me a card that said, To Danny the Dazzle. Trust Gran! She always gets things wrong. She’s a really funny lady.

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      Anyway, about this dazzle thing. It all began one morning when Miss Pringle, who’s our class teacher, said she wanted to talk to us.

      About the show.

      Year 6 always do a show at the end of the spring term. Last year it had been Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. That was brilliant! I went to see it with Mum and Dad. I wished it could be Charlie and the Chocolate Factory again this year, so I could play Charlie, but Miss Pringle said that this year we were going to do something new. Something that had been written specially for us by Mr Hubbard. Mr Hubbard takes Year 5. He’s OK, I quite like him, but I didn’t think he could write anything as good as Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.

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      I looked across at Darryl, and pulled a face. Darryl pulled one back.

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      I was sitting at a table with three others. Darryl Tyson, who is my best friend; Clint Parker, who is my worst enemy; and Joseph Brodrick, who is quite boring (but otherwise not bad).

      Miss Pringle began telling us about the show. Her eyes were all shiny. She was really excited, you could tell. The show was going to be called Go For It! which I have to say is quite a good title. At any rate, it made me and Darryl sit up properly and start listening.

      It’s a musical, said Miss Pringle.

      Yeah! Me and Darryl kicked each other under the table. Musical was OK.

      "It’s all about getting somewhere."

      Clint immediately yelled, You wanna get somewhere? Try taking the bus!

      Some of the girls groaned. Coral Cookson turned round and hissed, Shut your mouth, Clint Parker! Miss Pringle just acted like he’d never said anything. He’s a very annoying sort of person.

      The message is, said Miss Pringle, "that we can all get somewhere

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