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1) Swing time
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
“Smith’s thrilling cultural insights never overshadow the wholeness of her characters, who are so keenly observed that one feels witness to their lives.” —O, The Oprah Magazine
“A sweeping meditation on art, race, and identity that may be [Smith’s] most ambitious work yet.” —Esquire
A New York Times bestseller • Finalist for the National Book Critics...
“A sweeping meditation on art, race, and identity that may be [Smith’s] most ambitious work yet.” —Esquire
A New York Times bestseller • Finalist for the National Book Critics...
Author
Series
Tanya series volume 7
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
Tanya wants to dance in toe shoes the way her sister does.
6) Eden burning
Author
Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
Paradise calls to Chase Wilcox. A man of science fascinated by the rebirth of life in the wake of cataclysmic natural upheaval, he is drawn to the lush beauty of the island of Hawaii and the secrets it holds-while escaping the destruction of his own personal world. Here where warm breezes caress the skin and vibrant colors assault the senses-and where dangerous fires rage unseen beneath the earth's surface-Chase plans to immerse himself in his work...and...
Author
Series
Belinda the ballerina volume 3
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Belinda competes with a very ambitious new dancer for the title role in the ballet "Cinderella."
Author
Language
English
Description
"New York Times bestselling author Fiona Davis transports us back to 1950s Manhattan and glamorous Radio City Music Hall in her thrilling new novel about a talented young Rockette and a mysterious bomber terrorizing New York City. New York City, 1956: Nineteen-year-old Marion Brooks knows she should be happy. Her college sweetheart is about to propose and sweep her off to the life everyone has always expected they'd have together: a quiet house in...
Author
Publisher
G. P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
The new thriller, set in the hothouse world of a ballet school, from the multi-award-winning writer Megan Abbott
With their long necks and matching buns and pink tights, Dara and Marie Durant have been dancers since they can remember. Growing up, they were trained by their glamorous mother, founder of the Durant School of Dance. After their parents' death in a tragic accident nearly a dozen years ago, the sisters began running the school together,...
Author
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Emma Donoghue's explosive new novel, based on an unsolved murder in 1876 San Francisco. Summer of 1876: San Francisco is in the fierce grip of a record-breaking heatwave and a smallpox epidemic. Through the window of a railroad saloon, a young woman called Jenny Bonnet is shot dead. The survivor, her friend Blanche Beunon, is a French burlesque dancer. Over the next three days, she will risk everything to bring Jenny's murderer to justice--if he...
Author
Series
Rebel girls (Chapter books) volume 4
Publisher
Rebel Girls
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Alicia was born to dance. She's determined to become a professional ballerina. A few years later, Alicia moves from Cuba to the United States to follow her dreams. Then, Alicia begins to lose her sight. How can a ballerina dance if she can't see where she's going? Stuck in bed and only able to practice with her fingertips, Alicia doesn't give up.--
Author
Series
Ballet sisters volume 2
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Sylvie and her older sister dance their way through make-believe adventures that include princesses, fairy queens, swans, and ducklings.
Author
Publisher
Heartdrum, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
After an injury sidelines her dreams of becoming a ballet star, Maisie is not excited for her blended family's midwinter road trip along the coast, near the Makah community where her mother grew up.
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