Reseña: Plum Fantastic (Sugar Plum Ballerinas #1)

Plum Fantastic (Sugar Plum Ballerinas #1)

by 

Whoopi Goldberg

Deborah Underwood 

Maryn Roos (Illustrator)

160 pages

Published October 21st 2008 by Jump At The Sun

ISBN: 0786852607 (ISBN13: 9780786852604)

Edition Language: English

Series: Sugar Plum Ballerinas #1 

 

BLURB: 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! Not only is Al a terrible dancer, but she's also got a rotten case of stage fright! Al's ballet classmates are going to have to use all the plum power they've got to coach this scary fairy!

My rating: 3 of 5 stars

“Sugar Plum Power!”

This was really cute. When Alexandrea Petrakova Johnson's mom moves them to Harlem, she is not happy to leave home and friends. She dreams with skate racing and not ballet, but her mom is so insistent. Worse than starting in a new place, with new girls, new teacher when you are 9 years old? ... to cause a sensation with the extravagant clothes that her mother makes!

A story about friendship, family, perseverance. Brave girls. And plus - diversity.

I love ballet. I used to have an all-year ticket for the season when I lived in the capital city. There are so few non-white prima ballerinas, and I think that is good to encourage to break with stereotypes.

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