Ellie in First Position
A Graphic Novel
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- $169.00
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- $169.00
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2024 Best Graphic Novels for Children Top Ten
Can a sports klutz reach her dream and dance? A charming and hilarious, slice-of-life, middle-grade graphic novel about ten-year-old Electra who refuses to give up her dream of doing ballet.
On Texas Library Association’s LITTLE MAVERICK’S, Recommended Graphic Novels for Grade 3-5 list 2024.
After moving, Ellie feels lonely in her new class. Mom has a solution, the girl needs to join the school’s sports team to make friends. There is only one problem, no matter what sport she tries Electra makes an utter fool of herself. In the middle of her misery, enchanted by her cousin’s ballet performance, Ellie suddenly knows what she wants more than anything, dancing. If only Mom could agree.
A page-turner, full of relatable conflicts, Ellie in First Position is a humorous, positive, and heartwarming story about resilience, self-love, new experiences, and friendship. By the end of the book, Ellie doesn’t only learn to accept herself and her family, makes new friends, and even has her first crush, but manages to deal with her bullies too.
Fans of The Babysitters Club, Fancy Nancy, or the Stepping Stones series will love Ellie in First Position.
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Ellie is miserable following her parents' divorce and her move to a new town with her mother and inattentive older brother. Luckily, working on her Super Stella comics makes life at home bearable for introspective Ellie, and she's attending the same school as her cheerful yet sometimes pushy best friend Chloe. When Ellie laments that her new classmates only seem interested in sports, her mother—who is often dismissive about Ellie's focus on art—urges her to join one of the school teams. What follows is a comedic string of disasters as Ellie attempts to participate in various activities, including volleyball, swimming, and archery. A family trip to the ballet helps Ellie find her passion, despite her mother's brusque opinion of dancing. With a peer's encouragement, Ellie sneakily pursues the art by joining a ballet class, unbeknownst to her mom. While the plot is familiar, the illustrations' exuberant energy and vivid hues, combined with the laugh-out-loud physical comedy from Ellie's numerous athletic missteps and her dogged determination to be true to herself, results in an impassioned graphic novel from Freschi (The Vertical Sea, for adults) and Triolo. Characters are portrayed with pale skin. Ages 8–up.
