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Frances Dances (Frances in Fourth Grade, No 2)
Frances Dances - Frances in Fourth Grade, No 2 Author:Ilene Cooper Gr 3-4-- In this fourth book about Frances McAllister, the shortest (and perhaps shyest) girl in the fourth grade, she takes ballet lessons. She can't face it alone, so she persuades her best friend, Polly, (who hates ballet) to come with her. Polly agrees, on the condition that Frances (who hates basketball) will join the team with her. As ... more »the year goes by, Frances comes to realize the value of having friends with different interests, and soon the girls are released from their unloved pastimes. There is a good, realistic feeling of family: Frances has altercations with her older brother and sister, but they do prefer one another to their difficult cousins who come to visit every now and then. Mr. McAllister's hardware business in the small Wisconsin town is not going as well as Polly's father's business--but Polly's parents are divorced and she doesn't see him very often. A better-than-average story about friendship, home, school, and self-confidence.« less