Plum Fantastic

Book #1 in the Sugar Plum Ballerinas series

New ballerina faces unexpected challenges at a Harlem ballet school.

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144 pages

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Bookroo's summary

Alexandrea Petrakova Johnson is uprooted to Harlem, where her ballet-obsessed mother enrolls her at the Nutcracker School of Ballet. As the new girl, Al struggles with her role as the Sugar Plum Fairy in the school recital. Can her classmates help her transform from a 'scary fairy' into a graceful dancer? Discover the trials and triumphs of friendship and dance in this heartwarming tale.

From the publisher

The first book of the award-winning and bestselling Sugar Plum Ballerinas series by Whoopi Goldberg–now featuring brand-new illustrations! At the Nutcracker School of Ballet in Harlem, young dancers learn to chassé, plié, and jeté with their Sugar Plum Sisters–but things don’t always go to plan! As the girls encounter challenges both on and off stage, they’ll need the support of their classmates to carry them through with aplomb. Alexandrea Petrakova Johnson does not want to be a beautiful ballerina, and she does not want to leave her friends in Apple Creek. Unfortunately, that doesn’t stop her ballet-crazy mother from moving them to Harlem, or from enrolling Al at the Nutcracker School of Ballet. Life is hard when you’re the new ballerina on the block, and it’s even harder when you’re chosen to be the Sugar Plum Fairy in the school recital! Al’s ballet classmates are going to have to use all the plum power they’ve got to coach this scary fairy!

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