I am waiting for one last book to come in, so my Nafiza Recommends post will have to wait another week, I’m afraid. Now for the good news: I get to talk about a marvellously lovely, gentle, and warm picturebook written by Muscogee (Creek) author Cynthia Leitich Smith and illustrated by …
June, Bette, and Gigi have given their all to dance at Manhattan’s most elite ballet school. Now they are competing one final time for a spot at the prestigious American Ballet Company. With the stakes higher than ever, these girls have everything to lose–and no one is playing nice … After …
In New York Times bestselling author Walter Dean Myers’s last novel, he delivers a gripping story based on the life of a real dancer known as Master Juba, who lived in the nineteenth century. This engaging historical novel is based on the true story of the meteoric rise of an …
Gigi, Bette, and June, three top students at an exclusive Manhattan ballet school, have seen their fair share of drama. Free-spirited new girl Gigi just wants to dance—but the very act might kill her. Privileged New Yorker Bette’s desire to escape the shadow of her ballet star sister brings out …
