The Stats
📖 BOOK REVIEW⠀📚
BOOK: Nutcracked
AUTHOR: Susan Adrian @suze_writer
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers @atrandombooks
Stars: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ + 🐰
Published: September 26, 2017
The Review
✨ The Title/Cover Draw:
- Someone gifted me this book around the holidays but I didn’t have a chance to read it then. My plan was to read it this year in December but I needed something under 250 pages for a prompt for book club, so I decided to just read it now.
💜 What I liked:
- This was a super cute and magical middle grade book. Definite holiday vibes. The mixture of the Nutcracker with the current period was smart and fun.
😱 What I didn’t like:
- I wanted to know more about the dance itself. But for a middle grade, it’s really adorable.
💁♀️ The Characters:
- Georgia and Kaitlyn are both in the running for Clara in the Nutcracker. And then, very strange things happen. Georgia is joined by Noah in her quest to understand.
🚦 My face at the end: 🥰
💭 5 Reasons to Read:
- If you like “On Pointe” on Disney+, you will like this.
- Magic and Seasonal atmosphere
- A quick read
- It’s so innocent and yet a little bit dark
- Makes you feel like a kid again
All thoughts and opinions are my own.
📘 Summary:
Enter the magical world of The Nutcracker in a whole new way with this perfect Christmas stocking stuffer!
Christmastime, ballet, and magic! Georgie has waited for this moment her whole life–to dance the part of Clara in The Nutcracker ballet. And when she finally gets the part, it’s like a dream come true. . . .
Literally.
Every time Georgie dances with the Nutcracker doll, she leaves the ballet studio and enters a world where everything around her–the old wooden furniture, the Christmas tree, the carefully wrapped presents–is larger than life. It’s so magical, Georgie can’t wait to return again and again.
Then the Nutcracker’s magic seeps into the real world, putting Georgie’s friend in danger. Everything is falling apart, and it’s almost Christmas! Can Georgie save her friend, the Nutcracker, and most of all, herself?