Dance Academy Learning to Fly

by Meredith Costain

‘Absolutely,’ I tell him.

  On the long journey back to the farm, I think about how important families are. Not just biological families, I realise, remembering the photos of my friends stashed safely away in my luggage. When someone’s family, you just know. They’re the people who turn up when you least expect it or who are ready to give you a hug without being asked. The thing about family is, it doesn’t matter where you are. When you’re with them, you’re home.

  I have two now. Two families. Two homes. And I know what it’s like to feel on top of the world.

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  First published in Australia in 2010

  This edition published in 2011

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  Based on DANCE ACADEMY

  A WERNER FILMS PRODUCTION

  ORIGINAL STORY BY: Samantha Strauss

  CREATED BY: Samantha Strauss & Joanna Werner

  Copyright © 2010 Screen Australia, Screen NSW and Werner Film Productions

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  National Library of Australia Cataloguing-in-Publication data:

  Costain, Meredith, 1955–

  Tara : learning to fly / by Meredith Costain.

  ISBN: 978-0-7333-2894-7 (pbk.)

  ISBN: 978-0-7304-9445-4 (ePub)

  Target Audience: For primary school age.

  Subjects: Dancers—Juvenile fiction.

  Interpersonal relations—Juvenile fiction.

  Other Authors/Contributors: Australian Broadcasting Corporation.

  Dewey Number: A823.3

  Cover design by Karen Carter

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