Ballet Boy by Anfaney Gladwin

• Plot Summary: This uplifting story follows Mitchell to third grade when he becomes a ballet danseur. He is under attack by his peers for choosing to do ballet.

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• This is the story of a boy that gets teased for wanting to dance, particularly by his anti-ballet dad. I have the same problem with this as I have with The Only Boy in Ballet Class; I don’t love the message that it is weird for boys to dance, even if Mitchell succeeds in the end.