A Dream of Sadler's Wells

I really enjoyed this book. Although it's supposed to be a ballet book, there's a lot of other stuff going on; Veronica's relationships with her cousins, lots of riding, a few adventures. It's a bit dated in places and it seemed that some of the difficulties got smoothed out rather easily in the end, but the characters are likeable (the ones that are meant to be) and overall it was a good story that I liked a lot.

This book has an orphan heroine, ballet, and lots of ponies. It also has adventure and adversity, and is extremely well-written. It has to be the perfect gift for a pre-teen girl who reads but whose taste you're not entirely sure of.