Pink slippers, bat mitzvah blues

by Ferida Wolff

Paper Book, 1989

Call number

I FICTION Wolff

Tags

child, intermediate fiction

Subjects

Ballet dancing Fiction
Dancers Fiction
Jews United States Fiction

Publication

Philadelphia : Jewish Publication Society, 1989.

Description

Thirteen-year-old Alyssa tries to balance the conflicting demands of ballet training with finding her place as a Jew in today's world.

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Thirteen-year-old Alyssa tries to balance the conflicting demands of ballet training with finding her place as a Jew in today's world.

Awards

Sydney Taylor Book Award (Winner — 1989)

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Status

Available

Call number

I FICTION Wolff

ISBN

0827603320 / 9780827603325

Barcode

30402098586052

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