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Amazing Grace

Although a classmate says that she cannot play Peter Pan in the school play because she is black, Grace discovers that she can do anything she sets her mind to do.

Main Author: Hoffman, Mary, 1945-
Other Authors: Binch, Caroline. (Illustrator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Dial Books for Young Readers, 1991.
Subjects:
African Americans > Juvenile fiction.
Identity > Juvenile fiction.
Theater > Juvenile fiction.
Picture books.
Summary: Although a classmate says that she cannot play Peter Pan in the school play because she is black, Grace discovers that she can do anything she sets her mind to do.
Physical Description: [24] pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.
ISBN: 9780803710405
0803710402
Author Notes: Children's author and reviewer Mary Hoffman was born in 1945. She attended Newnham College to study English literature and University College London to study linguistics. She started writing in 1970 and has written about eighty children's books including the picture book Amazing Grace, the Stravaganza series, and the anti-war anthology Lines in the Sand. She is also the editor of the children's book review magazine Armadillo, which comes out four times a year.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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