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40 pp.
| Random |
March, 1999 |
TradeISBN 0-679-88665-6$$14.99
(4)
K-3Young Dreamers series.
Clear black-and-white and color photos are accompanied by a thirteen-year-old ballet dancer's first-person narration. The work needed to become a professional dancer is included, but the motivation to work--the joy of dancing--is absent. Both text and photos emphasize the costumes and the glamour of being a dancer, providing an incomplete but nevertheless alluring picture.