Rosie's Big City Ballet

Ballet Slippers #6

by Patricia Reilly Giff, Julie Durrell

If Rosie wants to get a part in the New York City ballet's performance of Romeo and Juliet, she must decide whether she will dedicate her time to practicing her art or spend it helping her friends build a treehouse.

Genres: Fiction

80 pages, Hardcover

First published April 1, 1998

About the author

Patricia Reilly Giff was the author of many beloved books for children, including the Kids of the Polk Street School books, the Friends and Amigos books, and the Polka Dot Private Eye books. Several of her novels for older readers have been chosen as ALA-ALSC Notable Books and ALA-YALSA Best Books for Young Adults. They include The Gift of the Pirate Queen; All the Way Home; Water Street; Nory Ryan's Song, a Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators Golden Kite Honor Book for Fiction; and the Newbery Honor Books Lily's Crossing and Pictures of Hollis Woods. Lily's Crossing was also chosen as a Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor Book.

Reviews

[Alyiah.Watson · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book is about a girl that is scared to go on the stage with the other girls and do balla.

[ireneekins · Rating 3 out of 5]

Cute quick story.