Tallulah's Tap Shoes illustrator-Alexander Nabaum Celi Rivera's life swirls with

Celi Rivera's life swirls with questions

this poem is a love letter to black life in the United States

in a fantastic BSC tin case

she doesn’t realize there’s a more sinister threat looming

The accident he miraculously swam away from

Tallulah's Tap Shoes illustrator-Alexander Nabaum Celi Rivera's life swirls withIts summer, and Tallulah is excited about going to dance camp. Shell get to take plenty of ballet classes. Shell have to take tap, too, and shes NOT excited about that. Shes never taken tap before, so shell be a beginning beginner. And shes righttap class is not much fun. Plus theres a girl her same age whos maddeningly good at tap dancing. But that same girl isnt very good at ballet . . . could it be that she and Tallulah have something in common?