![]() The artistry of Caroline Binch brings Grace to realistic life. Reinforcing their belief in Grace, her mother takes her to the grand theater where a young black woman is highlighted as Juliet in the ballet performance of Romeo and Juliet. Grace holds her head up high, pulling together all her self confidence and shows the class at tryouts that she can indeed be the best Peter Pan of the class. But, wonderfully, Grace has two very strong mentors, her mother and grand mother who never doubt Grace's dreams and abilities. She is told she is NOT a boy and cannot be Peter Pan. An excellent way to show the things that hinder a young girl of her age in her time of life, her classmates strongly discourage her dream. ![]() When Peter Pan is going to be played on stage, her class strongly discourages her wish of portraying this character. ![]() She must read about the characters to properly know their story before she can accurately act it out to perfection.Īs she studies Joan of Arc, the wooden horse at the gates of Troy, a pirate who has the disadvantage of a peg leg, the famous Indian maiden Hiawatha, and Rudyard Kipling's Jungle Book depicting Mowgli, she also dreams of perhaps becoming a doctor. But, first there is childhood to live through, and, at an early way, Grace acted out some of her best-loved stories. Read about Grace, a spunky, tenacious young girl who dreams many things, including the future she would like to attain as an adult. ![]()
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