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2) Fancy Dancer
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
A powerful, poignant novel of love, redemption, and family secrets from the incomparable #1 New York Times bestselling author Fern Michaels...
On his thirty-fifth birthday, Jake St. Cloud inherits a fortune--and learns the whereabouts of his mysterious half-brother. On her deathbed, Selma St. Cloud revealed that Jake had a sibling, a product of his father's affair. At last, Jake is in a position to track down Alex Rosario and make amends...
On his thirty-fifth birthday, Jake St. Cloud inherits a fortune--and learns the whereabouts of his mysterious half-brother. On her deathbed, Selma St. Cloud revealed that Jake had a sibling, a product of his father's affair. At last, Jake is in a position to track down Alex Rosario and make amends...
Author
Series
Baby-sitters Club. Original series volume 42
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
c1991
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
Jessi is thrilled when she earns the lead in her dance school's ballet, but someone does not want her in the show and the Baby-sitters club intends to find out who it is.
Author
Pub. Date
c1984
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Angelina is too sick to dance well during the tryouts for the lead in the "Princess of Mouseland" ballet, but when the leading ballerina sprains her foot, Angelina is ready to prove she is still the best dancer of all.
Author
Series
Belinda the ballerina volume 3
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
c2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Belinda competes with a very ambitious new dancer for the title role in the ballet "Cinderella."
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
Sixteen-year-old Mia travels to Paris to attend an elite ballerina program, and along the way meets a cute French boy, finds an unexpected rival, and discovers the truth behind a family legend.
Author
Publisher
Walker & Co
Pub. Date
2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Selected by Chairman Mao's officials from among millions of children to become a dancer, Li's new life began as he left his family behind. At the Beijing Dance Academy, days were long and difficult. Li's hard work was rewarded when he was chosen yet
Author
Publisher
For the love of literacy
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
My Proudest Moment is a diverse story that follows two characters side by side as they grow up following their passions. The strength, perseverance, dedication and heart that is highlighted through the book comes with a special surprise that shatters gender norms and stereotypes. By sharing this story with your family, friends, and students you will be helping to build a more inclusive world where all children are encouraged to chase after their dreams....
Publisher
20th Century Fox
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Based on an inspiring true story, this emotionally powerful crowd-pleaser emerged as one of the year's most talked about independent films. It's the fascinating and epic tale of Li Cunxin, a peasant boy from rural China who beats impossible odds to become a world-renowned ballet dancer. Through breathtaking talent and sheer determination, Li makes his way to the United States, but when he falls in love with an American woman, he must risk everything...
Author
Publisher
Albert Whitman & Company
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
As a young girl in Cuba, Alicia Alonso practiced ballet in tennis shoes. Within a few years, she was in New York City, with a promising ballet career. But her eyesight began to fail. When Alicia needed surgeries to save her vision, dancing was impossible, but she wouldn't give up her dream. She found the strength and determination to return to the stage and become a prima ballerina. This is the true story of a woman who overcame her challenges, mastered...
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Presents the story of a remarkable pioneer, who was the first African American prima ballerina in the Metropolitan Opera, in a time when racial segregation was widespread in the United States.
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"The A Girl Named series tells the stories of how ordinary American girls grew up to be extraordinary American women. Misty Copeland became the first African American Female Principal Dancer for the American Ballet Theatre, but how did she get there?"--
18) Turning
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Before the accident Genie was an aspiring ballerina, a star pupil at her exclusive New York dance school, now she is a bitter teenager, permanently confined to a wheelchair, shutting herself off from her friends, her beloved teacher, and even her mother; but at physical therapy she meets Kyle, a gymnast whose traumatic brain injury has landed him in therapy--and through their growing friendship Genie realizes that she has to confront the things around...
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