Dear Ballerina Format:Hardcover It doesn't take long for

It doesn't take long for things to go off course when Neko decides to do some sightseeing on her own

Art is Judy’s best friend

and Akeylah

a group of rebels who’ve thrown off Orleans’s unrealistic standards of beauty

the less certain I am about what's right

Dear Ballerina Format:Hardcover It doesn't take long forThe girl in this story loves to stretch, to pose, to point her toes, to swirl and twirl and leap! She practices new steps every day. All her efforts are rewarded when one special day, she gets to dance in a performance with her favorite ballerina. Dear Ballerina, the girl writes, I dream of being a dancer just like you. The pictures in the book take the reader behind the scenes of the ballet to a practice room, a costume room, and the wings of the