Can David Do It?

Ballet One #4

by Sandy Asher

David isn't very good in math. In fact, he's in special math, but he wants to be a whiz at something. Then his friend Ellie invites him to Ballet One for moral support. Is Ballet One the answer?

80 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1991

About the author

Sandy Asher, a playwright and children's author, is probably best known for her young-adult novels and other prose works for young readers. Drawing many of the ideas and characters for her writings from her childhood memories, Asher has earned critical praise and numerous awards for novels such as Just like Jenny, Things Are Seldom What They Seem, and Everything Is Not Enough. In addition to fiction, Asher has also edited the story collections On Her Way: Stories and Poems about Growing up Girl and the award-winning With All My Heart, with All My Mind: Thirteen Stories about Growing up Jewish, which collect works that address many of the same adolescent concerns Asher confronts in her fiction.