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The Sugarless Plum: A Ballerina’s Triumph Over Diabetes

The American Library Association gave The Sugarless Plum a star— which indicates a work is outstanding in its genre— in the November 1, 2009 issue of Booklist Magazine.

“After learning to dance in Thailand during her dad’s army tour, Karz studied at George Balanchine’s School of the American Ballet, the training ground for the New York City Ballet.

At 17, she danced as the Sugar Plum Fairy in The Nutcracker, and at 20 she danced in company cofounder Jerome Robbins’ Goldberg Variations. Loving the “order and control” of dance, Karz was shaken to the core when she was diagnosed with diabetes at age 21.

Failed attempts at self-healing were followed by insulin injections and blood tests throughout her demanding routine of classes, rehearsal, and evening performances—all in secret to conceal the severity of her illness.

Six years later, after she’d toured internationally despite frightening fluctuations in blood