Save D.A.D.!

Bad News Ballet #6

by Jahnna N. Malcolm

When the Deerfield Academy for Dance is in the red, the girls rally together to save their school, protesting with fliers, placards, and plaintive pleas--"Save D.A.D!"--but a confused news reporter misinterprets their cry and the money starts pouring in.

134 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1989

About the author

Jahnna N. Malcolm is the pen name for husband-and-wife team Jahnna Beecham and Malcolm Hillgartner. Together they've written four musicals, two movies, three CD-ROM games, and nearly one hundred books, including the popular series The Jewel Kingdom. They met in the theater and were married on the stage using Marlowe's famous love letter from "The Passionate Shepherd to His Love" as their wedding vows.

Reviews

[Stephanie · Rating 4 out of 5]

I think this one’s cute, and the fact the adults in it are dumb pleased me. So the Deerfield Academy of Dance might be shutting down, because the building is going up for sale, and the ballet company doesn’t have the money to buy it.

So the girls decide they’re going to try and save it! With winning the $1000 prize for an Easter egg hunt in the local park. They’re one short for the team, but that’s okay, Mary Bubnik’s friend from Oklahoma is coming into town, and that’ll round them out!

Only Mary’s friend is like one of the mean girls in their class, the Bunheads, Zan’s plan to save D.A.D (Deerfield Academy of Dance) gets them on the news, and McGee’s too stressed out about baseball for them to do well at the hunt.

I love how they’re wailing about saving DAD and they get on the news, and everyone’s like “You couldn’t have fact checked this?” and it turns out to be the biggest hit of their news week. I guess it was a slow news week, or month, in Deerfield, Ohio. I also love Rocky pulling one over on her Dad with the dress for Easter, so it was a double win.