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School Library Journal
Reviewed on May 1, 2017 | Middle Gradel
Gr 5–8—Ever since she was five years old, Georgie has dreamed of playing Clara in The Nutcracker. Now that she is a sixth grader, she and her best friend Kaitlyn are auditioning for the upcoming ballet, hoping they will each get the lead part in one of the two casts performing the ballet. The first time Georgie holds the antique Nutcracker doll, a 200-year-old Prussian heirloom belonging to her ballet teacher, she finds herself in the giant room of the Nutcracker story. Oddly, when she returns to real life, it turns out that she was dancing the whole time, and...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on September 1, 2017
During each rehearsal for her role as Clara in The Nutcracker, Georgie finds herself--like the ballet's heroine--magically transported to a fantasy world. The Nutcracker Prince has been captured by the Mouse King; and Georgie must free him...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on March 1, 2018
During each rehearsal for her role as Clara in The Nutcracker, Georgie finds herself--like the ballet's heroine--magically transported to a fantasy world. The Nutcracker Prince has been captured by the Mouse King; and Georgie must free him...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
