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SHAWN K. STOUT never made it to the big-time in ballet, despite 10 years of lessons. And she never got to wear a tutu either, which still sort of bothers her. But writing about a wannabe ballerina almost makes up for it. Almost. Fiona Finkelstein, Big-Time Ballerina!, is her debut middle grade novel and is the first in a new chapter book series from Aladdin, an imprint of Simon & Schuster. In this first book in the series, nine-year-old Fiona Finkelstein has a chance to become a Big-Time Ballerina—to dance on a real stage with a real curtain!—and the only thing standing in her way is a flat out awful case of stage fright. With a mom who’s a soap opera actress, a dad who’s a TV meteorologist, and a little brother who thinks he’s a superhero, Fiona’s family seems to be full of natural performers. But Fiona can’t figure out why she didn’t get their cool-as-a-Creamsicle genes.

SHAWN K. STOUT never made it to the big-time in ballet, despite 10 years of lessons. And she never got to wear a tutu either, which still sort of bothers her. But writing about a wannabe ballerina almost makes up for it. Almost. Fiona Finkelstein, Big-Time Ballerina!, is her debut middle grade novel and is the first in a new chapter book series from Aladdin, an imprint of Simon & Schuster. In thi... More