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Reissued in ‘A Puffin Book’ series of best-loved children’s classics, this is a sharp and funny story that follows in the footsteps of Ballet Shoes, Theatre Shoes, Circus Shoes and Party Shoes by Noel Streatfeild.

In TENNIS SHOES the Heath children are found to have tennis in their blood. Their grandfather and father before them had been top players, and the twins are champion material. Then Nicky – cheeky, rebellious Nicky – starts to practise in secret, but talented at tennis as she is, the ambitious Nicky first has battles to win with herself – on and off the tennis court.

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