Dance Class #3: African Folk Dance Fever
The kids in the Dance Class series get a new instructor, who teaches African dance. Now, after dealing with divorcing parents, annoying siblings, and the struggle to balance dance and school, Alia, Julie, and Lucie can let loose and enjoy the rhythm of the drums. Beka and Crip’s third collection of slice-of-dance-life comics continues to be humorously realistic about the lives of the main characters. One lightly risqué dating joke will likely go over the heads of younger readers, but late-elementary and middle-school comic fans will find much to enjoy, from the bright art to the quick pace of the stories. Grades 4-8. --Snow Wildsmith