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2) Ballet shoes
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 9
Lexile measure
930L
Language
English
Description
Sisters Pauline, Petrova and Posy Fossil do not have parents, but they have a very kind uncle. The sisters learn to dance, act and sing at a dancing school. But soon they have no money. What will happen to them?
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
610L
Language
English
Description
Marissa has always loved dancing, but lately, she feels clumsy and awkward when she dances, and she feels bigger and taller than the other girls. She doesn't even bother trying out for the Rose Fairy ballet, but someone else thinks Marissa has what it takes to play the Rose Fairy.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
710L
Language
English
Description
Feeling isolated as the only African American in her sixth grade class, Jessi gains a sense of belonging by participating in the Baby-sitters Club, learning sign language in order to communicate with a deaf child, and dancing in a ballet.
Author
Series
Agent Amelia volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
810L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Young Amelia, a secret agent, investigates a class of entranced ballet students, a scarecrow that can control crows, and a librarian whose work on the school library's computers seems to turn students into robots.
Author
Series
Baby-sitters Club. Original series volume 42
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
710L
Language
English
Description
Jessi is thrilled when she earns the lead in her dance school's ballet. But someone does not want her in the show and the Baby-sitters Club intends to find out who it is.
Author
Series
Sweet Valley twins the graphic novel volume 02
Pub. Date
[2023]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"It's Elizabeth's turn in the spotlight! But does Jessica deserve it more? Jessica knows she's the better dancer--even their teacher seriously favors Elizabeth! No matter how perfectly Jessica dances, no one noticed. Could her sister really get the starring role instead of her? With Jessica's attitude rapidly souring, what happens when Elizabeth realizes that her sister might actually be right?"--
10) Isabelle
Author
Series
Girl of the year. 2014: Isabelle volume 1
Girl of the year. 2014 Isabelle volume 1
Isabelle Palmer books volume 01
Girl of the year. 2014 Isabelle volume 1
Isabelle Palmer books volume 01
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
810L
Language
English
Description
Isabelle, who attends a performing arts school in Washington, D.C., with her older sister, Jade, has a passion for ballet dancing but lacks self-confidence.
11) Feline charm
Author
Series
Pocket cats volume 3
Pub. Date
2011.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
The third of Maddy's ceramic cats comes to life to help her best friend Rachel realize her dream of playing the lead in The Nutcracker ballet.
12) Dancing solo
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
580L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Sarah knows that she is the best dancer in her class, and she is eager to show off at the upcoming recital--but when a new move proves unexpectedly difficult and she has to ask for help, her confidence is shaken.
Author
Series
Royal Ballet School diaries volume 4
Pub. Date
[2005]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Ellie and her friends rally to support Sophie, their fellow Royal Ballet School student who has failed her dance assessment and must decide what to do once she leaves at the end of the term.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 10
Lexile measure
870L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Sofía Acosta, a fifth grader trying to fit into her ballet-obsessed Cuban American family and her affluent suburban New York community, learns to speak up for herself and others when she mistakenly reveals a visiting dancer's plan to defect to the United States.
15) The turning
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Formats
Description
In the months leading up to the August 1991 coup attempt that resulted in the collapse of communism in the Soviet Union, a young dancer with the Kirov Ballet struggles to decide whether to defect while on an upcoming trip to Paris.
16) Marie, dancing
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 9
Lexile measure
920L
Language
English
Formats
Description
A fictionalized autobiography of Marie Van Goethem, the impoverished student from the Paris Opéra ballet school who became the model for Edgar Degas's famous sculpture, "The Little Dancer." The life, dreams, and struggles of the fourteen-year-old dancer who posed for Degas' most famous sculpture. Marie Van Goethem, a fourteen-year-old ballet dancer in the famed Paris Opeacutera, has led a life of hardship and poverty. For her, dancing is the only...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
660L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Stoneybrook has gone star-crazy! Derek Masters, an eight-year-old regular on a hit television sitcom, has moved to town. Everyone's wondering what a real-live TV star will be like--will he drive to school in a limo? Jessi can't believe it, but even stars need baby-sitters, and she's the lucky club member to watch Derek Masters. Even though a lot of kids at school call Derek a spoiled brat, Jessi likes him immediately. He rides bikes and eats junk...
19) Ballet breakdown
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
670L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Moving to New Jersey from Philadelphia was stressful, but at least Jada has found Ms. Marianne's Academy of Dance, where she can continue to dance ballet--but she is not sure that the other girls at the Academy welcome her, and when she sprains her ankle in practice she is sure that the whole universe is against her.
20) Ballet dance
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2008]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
IG 830L
Language
English
Description
Describes ballet dancing, including history, training, moves, and performance.
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