The Only Boy in Ballet Class

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\"The Only Boy in Ballet Class\" Denise Eliana Gruska Illustrations by Amy Wummer Tucker doesn\'t walk to school-he gets there using pas de bourree . And he doesn\'t drag his feet when his mom asks him to set the table. Instead, he does it in releve, balancing a plate on his head for practice. Tucker doesn\'t run to escape his annoying younger twin sisters, Blanche and Edie-he jetes past them. Tucker Dohr loves to dance. His passion is ballet. When he gets to Madame Clara\'s Dance Studio and takes off his shoes and pulls on his very worn-out ballet slippers, he jumps so high it feels like flying and everything in the world makes sense. And even though some people don\'t understand his passion-including Uncle Frank and the boys on the football field-the chance is coming for Tucker to prove to everyone just how great ballet can be! About the Author Denise Gruska can\'t dance, but she really loves to watch those who can. She is a mom and a writer. She lives in Southern California with her family, who just happen to be her four favorite people. About the Illustrator Amy Wummer has been illustrating children\'s books for fourteen years. She lives in Reading, Pennsylvania, with her husband, Mark, who is also an artist. They have three children-Jesse, Maisie, and Adam. Tucker loves ballet-even though some people don\'t understand his passion for dancing. Taunted by the boys on the football field, tortured by dorky twin sisters, and teased by his Uncle Frank, Tucker doesn\'t know how to help people see how ballet makes him feel . . . until one day, when an unexpected invitation to join the football game comes, and Tucker Dohr gets the chance to prove just what ballet dancing can do