Sugar Plums to the rescue!

The fifth book of the award-winning and bestselling Sugar Plum Ballerinas series by Whoopi Goldberg—now featuring brand-new illustrations!At the Nutcracker School of Ballet in Harlem, young dancers learn to chassé, plié, and jeté with their Sugar Plum Sisters—but things don't always go to plan!

As the girls encounter challenges both on and off stage, they'll need the support of their classmates to carry them through with aplomb.Jessica is worse than worried when she learns that the Nutcracker School of Ballet might lose its lease!

Life just wouldn't be the same without the ballet classes she shares with her Sugar Plum sisters.

Her problems mount when she rescues an adorable stray kitty on her way home from class.

The animal shelters can't take the cat for weeks, so Jessica hopes the cat can live at the Nutcracker School in the meantime.

But the school is already in trouble, and a cat could be just what the landlord needs to bring down the curtain on the ballerinas-permanently.