Apple Bough - Noel Streatfeild

The Forum family used to live in a rambling old house called Apple Bough, and the four children still remember it with nostalgia. Myra, the oldest, is twelve when this story starts: a sensible, motherly child who adores her younger siblings and worries about the future. She deeply misses her dog Wag, who had to be left in England with a friend when the family started touring the world. The reason for the touring is that Sebastian, next in age to Myra, is a child prodigy violinist. Noel Streatfeild's books usually feature brilliantly gifted children, and 'Apple Bough' is no exception. Sebastian was discovered at the age of eight by a famous Russian ...  Read the complete review