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Gloria's Promise (American Ballet Theatre Presents series)

Robin Preiss Glasser and Jacqueline Preiss Weitzman

Illustrator: Robin Preiss Glasser

Ages: 6+

Published: 2023

Publisher: Random House Studio/Random House Children's Books/PRH

ISBN: 978-0-593-18100-3

Keywords: New York City

When a young girl, passionate about dancing, auditions for the American Ballet Theatre school, she falls! Can she possibly be accepted? Gouache and watercolor illustrations.