Alexandrea does not want to be a beautiful ballerina and she definitely does not want to move. Her ballet crazed mother moves the family to Harlem and enrolls Al in the Nutcracker School of Ballet. Al does not think she is a good dancer and she has stage fright! She needs lots of help from her friends to find her inner Sugar Plum Fairy.
year: 2008
call number/section: 1000, 920
subjects: ballerinas, juvenile fiction, ballet, friendship, african americans, fiction, harlem (new york, n.y.), juvenile fiction, fiction, ballet dance, nutcracker (ballet), families, dance recitals
Editions
Goldberg, Whoopi
Disney/Jump at the Sun Books (2008)
Alexandrea is forced to leave her friends in Apple Creek when her mother insists on enrolling her at Harlem's Nutcracker School of Ballet, and while Al is already aware that she lacks dance skills, things get worse when she is chosen to be the Sugar Plum fairy in the school recital.
Schools: 11
Goldberg, Whoopi
Alexandrea does not want to be a beautiful ballerina and she definitely does not want to move. Her ballet crazed mother moves the family to Harlem and enrolls Al in the Nutcracker School of Ballet. Al does not think she is a good dancer and she has stage fright! She needs lots of help from her friends to find her inner Sugar Plum Fairy.
Schools: 22