The Black Tips - Volume 1 - Sophie Noël

Can you become a prima ballerina when you're black? Sophie Noël's great novel about classical dance and difference!
 Eve grew up in an orphanage in Mali. Her big dream: to one day become a prima ballerina. Adopted at the age of six, she moved to France. Under the loving gaze of her parents, she received solid training, supported by her teacher who encouraged her to apply to the Paris Opera Ballet School. Until the day when a hurtful remark changed everything. She suddenly realized that, in her books, in films and on ballet stages, there were never any black prima ballerinas. How could she not have noticed it earlier? What if all these years of chasing her dream were just an illusion? In this world of pink and white, Eve will have to fight to find her place. And finally make things move?
 160 pages
 Author: Sophie Noël