![]() ![]() ![]() This story about a determined dancer who is working hard to achieve her dream is sure to thrill ballet students everywhere. ![]() Robin Preiss Glasser, the bestselling illustrator of the internationally renowned Fancy Nancy series, brings exquisite and authentic details to every illustration as only a former professional ballet soloist can do. ![]() But when she falls in front of the teacher, she wonders if her determination will be enough. She can barely believe her eyes!ĭuring the audition, Gloria is determined to make an impression by pushing herself to be her best. In the ABT studios, she gets a peek into a glorious room filled with pointe shoes, ballet dancers getting fitted for tutus, and an awe-inspiring company rehearsal. The day of the audition arrives, and Gloria couldn’t be more excited! She can’t wait to dance and show the world what she can do. Gloria has a very big dream: to be admitted to the summer program at the American Ballet Theatre. Come join us for a fun after-school book signing with Robin Preiss Glasser - bestselling illustrator of the internationally renowned Fancy Nancy series - collaborating with award-winning author (and sister) Jacqueline Preiss Weitzman featuring their new picture book, GLORIA'S PROMISE: A Ballet Dancer's First Step.įrom the New York Times bestselling illustrator and former ballet soloist Robin Preiss Glasser comes a story about a young ballet dancer whose boundless determination makes her dream of dancing with the American Ballet Theatre come true. ![]()
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![]() Young proves the real crime is the way this poor woman has been misrepresented by balladeers and historians all these years. The laws of that time would not allow her to take the stand and explain what happened. ![]() ![]() Abused by her husband, Frankie killed in self defense. As a college student, he was astounded to learn that most of what he had been told was actually false. Author Perry Deane Young, whose ancestors were involved in the case, began collecting material about it as a teenager. ![]() Three days before Christmas in 1831, Frankie Silver killed her husband, Charles Silver, with an axe and burned his body in the fireplace. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() He "works" at a real estate company owned by his dour father, Jackie ( Christopher Walken), a compulsive critic. But we're hardly invited to feel sorry for Abe, because he is also a spoiled, petulant, obnoxious, infantile schlub. Surely these two unhappy loners could only increase each other's misery. Almost immediately, he asks her to marry him, and within a day or two, she astonishingly accepts. He asks her on a date and mistakes her refusal for acceptance. He coaxes her phone number out of her, oblivious to her extreme reluctance to provide it. Almost with a sigh, Abe asks her to dance. She is Miranda ( Selma Blair), darkly morose. No one would ever think they were sitting together. We meet Abe ( Jordan Gelber) at a wedding, during the dancing, while he's sitting alone at a table with another person sitting alone. ![]() |