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3) Lila Bloom
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
Angry after a difficult day, Lila decides to quit ballet class but reconsiders after she realizes that dancing makes her feel much better.
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
When Belinda, a tiny girl with enormous feet, is cast as a clown in her school's talent show she is very unhappy, but after each disastrous rehearsal she observes an older student ballet dancing, then goes home to practice what she has seen.
Author
Series
Angelina's diary ; 1
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
When her first sleepover falls the night before an important dance audition, Angelina confides in her diary that staying up late and eating junk food may not be the best activities for aspiring ballerinas.
12) Ballerina Rosie
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Rosie has always loved to dance, but when she starts ballet classes she learns that it takes not only practice and hard work but also self-confidence.
14) Turning point
Author
Series
So done ; 3
Language
English
Description
Best friends Rasheeda and Monique navigate the ups and downs of a teenager's summer, Mo at home in the Cove; Sheeda at a sleepaway ballet intensive. When being yourself isn't good enough, who should you be? Told in dual perspectives, this provocative and timely novel for middle-school readers by Paula Chase, the acclaimed author of So Done and Dough Boys, will resonate with fans of Jason Reynolds, Rebecca Stead, and Renee Watson. Best friends Rasheeda...
17) Gloria's promise
Author
Publisher
Random House Studio
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Gloria is a young dancer whose boundless determination makes her dream of dancing with the American Ballet Theatre come true"--
19) Perfectly prima
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Perfectionistic Jerzey desperately wants to be a good ballet dancer like her sisters, but her efforts to learn are repeatedly thwarted, until she finds help in an unexpected place.
Author
Series
Publisher
Simon Spotlight
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Nervous to perform on different stages while on a ballet tour to neighboring towns, Angelina hopes she dances just as well as she does on her home stage{u200B}.
Nervous to perform on different stages while on a ballet tour to neighboring towns, Angelina hopes she dances just as well as she does on her home stage.