Synopses & Reviews
Deja is dismayed to learn that her teacher has had an accident and a substitute will be taking her place. Under the new sub's care, nothing is the same in Room Ten. A few of the class troublemakers plot to take advantage of the clueless teacher, and soon other students join in. Should Nikki and Deja go along with the rest of the kids in tormenting him? Should they help him out by tattling on their classmates? Or is there another way to handle the situation?
and#160;and#160;and#160; Here is another charming entry in a chapter book series about African American girls praised for its accessibility, authenticity, and humor.
Review
A Junior Library Guild Selection
"English sympathetically captures Deja and Nikki's uneasiness when their school days go off-kilter, and no solution is in sight. . . . Another slice of elementary-school life in the Nikki and Deja chapter-book series, one of the few to feature African American characters."
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Synopsis
Jessica is worse than worried when she learns that the Nutcracker School of Ballet might lose its lease! Life just wouldn't be the same without the ballet classes she shares with her Sugar Plum sisters. Her problems mount when she rescues an adorable stray kitty on her way home from class. The animal shelters can't take the cat for weeks, so Jessica hopes the cat can live at the Nutcracker School in the meantime. But the school is already in trouble, and a cat could be just what the landlord needs to bring down the curtain on the ballerinas-permanently.
Synopsis
In thisand#160;sixth book in the acclaimed series about Nikki and Deja, a substitute teacher takes over the classroomand#8212;with disastrous results!
Synopsis
In thisand#160;sixth book in the acclaimed series about Nikki and Deja, two African American third grade girls who are best friends, a substitute teacher takes over the classroom, with disastrous results!
About the Author
Whoopi Goldberg is the author of the Sugar Plum Ballerinas books, as well as
Whoopi's Big Book of Manners, illustrated by Olo. She has won a Tony, an Emmy, an Oscar, and a Grammy, as well as two Golden Globes. In 2001 she was awarded the prestigious Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. Whoopi Goldberg has appeared in scores of films and is a host of ABC's
The View. Whoopi Goldberg lives in New York and Vermont. Deborah Underwood's book credits include the Sugar Plum Ballerinas books, as well as
Granny Gomez and Jigsaw, illustrated by Scott Magoon, and
The Quiet Book, illustrated by Renata Liwska. Her ballet career was cut short by a tragic lack of talent, but she can sing a mean aria and knows four ukulele chords. Visit her online at www.DeborahUnderwoodBooks.com.
Maryn Roos (marynroos.com) was always better at drawing ballerinas than being one. Beyond ballerinas, she has drawn everything from monsters to dancing ducks in dozens of books and several educational software programs, most recently for Imagine Learning English. Maryn lives and draws, and very rarely dances, in Provo, Utah.