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Author
Series
Sugar plum ballerinas volume 5
Publisher
Disney/Jump at the Sun Books
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Triplets Jessica, JoAnn, and Jerzey and their friends in ballet class try to keep the building that houses The Nutcracker School from being torn down, while also trying to rescue a stray kitten.
84) Teacher's pet
Author
Series
Sweet Valley Twins. Main series volume 2
Publisher
Grey Castle Press
Pub. Date
1990
Language
English
Description
Elizabeth and Jessica Wakefield, twin sisters and the best dancers in their ballet class, both want to dance the solo in the class recital; but Jessica is convinced Elizabeth will get it because she is the teacher's pet.
85) Dancing queen
Author
Series
Publisher
Picture Window Books
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
Kylie Jean Carter gets a part in the local ballet recital of Swan Lake, but when the boy dancing the part of the prince breaks his ankle the show will have to be cancelled--unless she can persuade her brother to try out.
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA)
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
A young girl growing up in Harlem in the 1950s, whose mother cleans and stitches costumes for a ballet company, dreams of becoming a prima ballerina one day, and is thrilled to see a performance of Janet Collins, the first "colored" prima ballerina.
Author
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Description
"Brooklyn Gartner eats, sleeps, and breathes ballet. But after her mom gets remarried and moves them to Texas, everything changes. Thanks to her star football player stepbrother, her family is football obsessed. And thanks to a new conditioning program, the middle school football team starts to take classes at her dance studio--the only place Brooklyn felt like she belonged. She has a chance to escape if she can get into her dream high school, The...
Author
Series
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
Angelina confides in her diary her dream of becoming a bridesmaid some day, and despite some mishaps along the way she and her best friend Alice get their chance, not only to be in a wedding, but to perform an original dance.
Author
Series
Auntie Claus volume 3
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
When Sophie is cast as the Sugar Plum Fairy in her school's performance of the Nutcracker, her Auntie Claus forgoes her usual fall business trip and transforms New York City into the North Pole, with some unpleasant consequences.
Author
Series
Anholt's artists volume 2
Publisher
Barron's Eucational
Pub. Date
c1996
Language
English
Description
Because Marie helps her poor parents by modeling for an ill-tempered artist, she becomes a famous ballerina but not in the way she had dreamed.
Author
Series
Very fairy princess volume 2
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
Even though Gerry is cast as the court jester instead of the crystal princess in her ballet class's spring performance, she eventually regains her sparkle and once again feels like a fairy princess.
Author
Series
Royal Ballet School diaries volume 1
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Description
After moving from Chicago to Oxford, England, ten-year-old Ellie worries about making new friends at school and caring for her mother who has multiple sclerosis, while also preparing to audition for the resident dancers training program at London's Royal Ballet School.
97) Ella, of course!
Author
Publisher
Harcourt
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
When Ella is banned from bringing her umbrella to the dance recital, she comes up with an ingenious solution to the problem.
98) Little Swan
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
c1995
Language
English
Description
Annie's seven-year-old sister Weezer begins taking ballet lessons, and Annie watches as she becomes a "proper ballerina."
99) On pointe
Author
Publisher
Margaret K. McElderry Books
Pub. Date
c2004
Language
English
Description
In this novel written in free verse, Clare and her grandfather must deal with changes in their lives when Clare's summer growth spurt threatens to end her dream of becoming a ballet dancer and her grandfather suffers a stroke.
100) Angelina Ballerina
Author
Language
English
Description
Angelina is a pretty little mouse who wants nothing more than to be a ballerina. She dances all the time—at home, at school, even in her dreams! In fact, she’s so busy dancing that she forgets all about the other things she’s supposed to do, like cleaning her room and joining her family for breakfast!
Her parents don’t know what to do—especially after her arabesques in the kitchen knock over the milk! Then one day they come up with an idea...