Amazing Grace by Mary Hoffman and Caroline Binch
November 12, 2008 7:42 am Contemporary Realistic Fiction
Amazing Grace is a book about a little girl named Grace. She is a very energetic girl who loves to act out stories when they are read to her. When she finds out that her class is performing the play “Peter Pan”, she wants to try out for the main character, Peter Pan. Her classmates disapprove of her because she is a girl and the part of Peter Pan is a boy, and also because she is black. Despite her classmates disapproval, Grace is reminded by her grandmother that she can do anything she puts her mind to. With that said, Grace tries out for the part, and wows her classmates and teacher. Because of her awesome performance, she gets the role of Peter Pan.
