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This book is classed as a Children`s book but I thought it looked like an interesting story so I decided to read it. I have owned this book for years after I got it free with some newspaper vouchers that I had saved up. It is a quaint little story about three girls who are growing up as sisters even though they are not related to each other or to their guardian and the people who look after them. Their guardian was a fossil collector who found these three little girls while he was on his travels looking for fossils to add to his collection. They all lived in a big house in London along with some members of staff serving at their house. When the collector went on a long voyage to search for more fossils , the girls were left in the care of the household staff who were left money for the girl`s care and household expenses while he was away. Then when he did not come back, the money was starting to run out. This meant that the whole household had to find ways to make money. They decide to take in lodgers because the house was a very large one and they had rooms to spare. One of the lodgers was a dancer and she introduced the girls to dancing and performing as a way of making money. So when each girl reached the age of 12 she was allowed to perform on the stage and earn money to help with the household expenses. The girls loved this because they wanted to make their name famous. Their surname was `Fossil' because they were found by a man who collected fossils and nobody knew what any of the girls were really called.