BUYING ADVISORY: EL - OPTIONAL
AUDIENCE APPEAL: AVERGE
From her first ballet class, Charlotte is hooked. When she is cast as Marie in the New York City Ballet’s production of The Nutcracker, she discovers she is the first Black girl to play the role in NYCB’s history.
Written by Charlotte herself, the text doesn’t grab the reader and immerse us in the story. It feels like she’s giving a “What I did on my Christmas Vacation” report for school, instead. An important book for its representation of a Black milestone, but not a great book that will linger.
Cindy, Library Teacher, MLS
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