num_pages: 207
description: All the Heath children become interested in tennis and lazy Nicky turns out to be the most talented, so the family tries to get her to enter a tennis championship. The story of a doctor's family, limited in funds, but with boundless ambition. The twins are launched by their grandfather as tennis players, only to find that the trying younger sister has the makings of a champion. So the whole family sets to work to make a tennis player of her and to reduce her ego.
language: English
title: Tennis Shoes
titlecomplete: Tennis Shoes
genres: Middle Grade, Historical Fiction, Childrens, Juvenile, Young Adult, Childrens Classics, Sports, Classics, British Literature, Fiction
ratings_count: 744
series: Shoes
publisher: Dell Yearling