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Author
Publisher
Riverhead Books, a member of Penguin Group (USA)
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Enduring a limited existence with her Chinese-American father, Charlie Wong discovers new opportunities and perspectives when she takes a job at a ballroom dance studio where her natural talents begin to emerge.
Author
Series
Publisher
Harlequin
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
When an injury forces her to return home to Fool's Gold, and into the fold of her estranged family, dancer Evie Stryker, who doesn't believe in Christmas miracles, agrees to stage the winter festival and then plans to leave town, but her brother's best friend has other plans for her.
23) The archer
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A young woman comes of age in 1960s- and 1970s-era Bombay, a vanished world that is complex and indelibly rendered. Vidya's childhood is marked by the shattering absence and then the bewildering reappearance of her mother and baby brother at the family home. Restless, observant, and longing for connection with her brilliant and increasingly troubled mother, Vidya navigates the stifling expectations of her life with a vivid imagination until one day...
Author
Series
InCryptid volume 2
Publisher
DAW Books
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
When her ex-boyfriend Dominic De Luca informs her that the Covenant is on their way to assess the city's readiness for a cryptid purge, cryptozoologist Verity Price must take a stand against the oncoming carnage.
Author
Publisher
Dutton Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
A mixed-heritage dancer's coming of age within the African diaspora is shaped by abuse at the hands of a cousin, her mother's descent into addiction, and her father's efforts to create a Nigerian-inspired home in America.
28) Damaged goods
Author
Series
All Saints High volume 4
Publisher
Bloom Books
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"When her picture-perfect life starts fraying faster than the worn satin ribbons on her pointe shoes, Bailey Followhill, a student at Juilliard, finds salvation in the arms of her best friend, golden boy Lev Cole, who is trying to save both his dream of becoming a pilot-and her"--
Author
Language
English
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Description
"In West Adams, a rapidly changing part of South Los Angeles, they're referred to as these women. These women on the corner... These women in the club... These women who won't stop asking questions... These women who got what they deserved... Ivy Pochoda creates a kaleidoscope of loss, power, and hope featuring five very different women whose lives are steeped in danger and anguish. They're connected by one man and his deadly obsession, though not...
Author
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
Told in two voices, ballet dancer and private school student Isabelle Warren and poet and baseball star Alex Rosario grow closer after meeting on a subway, bonding over their parents' expectations and their own dreams.
31) Watch her fall
Author
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Ava Kirilova has reached the very top of her profession. After years and years of hard graft, pain and sacrifice as part of the London Russian Ballet Company, allowing nothing else to distract her, she is finally the poster girl for Swan Lake. Even Mr K - her father, and the intense, terrifying director of the company - can find no fault. Ava has pushed herself ahead of countless other talented, hardworking girls, and they are all watching her now....
32) The big reveal
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Addie is a talented dancer, a true-blue friend, and a fat, fierce, and driven young woman. When she's accepted into the prestigious dance company of her dreams, she thinks nothing can bring her down-- until she realizes she doesn't have enough money to go. Refusing to give up, Addie and her friends decide to put on a top-secret, invitation-only burlesque show to raise funds. But word soon gets out, and the slut- and body-shaming begin. Has Addie...
33) A midnight dance
Author
Publisher
Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"As Ella strives to keep her place in a struggling ballet company, the tragic story of another dancer seems to haunt her every step. If Ella can discover the truth of what happened, perhaps she can be free of the story and learn how to dance and live with the freedom that makes her story her own"--
Author
Series
Myth Adventures volume 17
Publisher
Ace Books
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
Aahz discovers that the shabby-looking sword he bought at a flea market in a remote dimension is Ersatz, leader of the Golden Hoard, a fabled collection of powerful magical treasures that can turn any ordinary being into a hero. They go in search of the other members of the Hoard, only to find that they're not the only ones looking. A dancer named Calypsa, working with Aahz's old friend Tananda, is seeking to collect them to free her grandfather from...
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
When Chloe's mom forbids her to apply for a spot at the dance conservatory of her dreams, she devises a secret plan to drive two hundred miles from Philadelphia to New York, the nearest audition. When annoying neighbor Eli insists upon hitching a ride, he threatens to tell Chloe's mom if she leaves without him and his smelly dog, Geezer. Now Chloe's chasing her ballet dreams down the east coast, with two unwanted (but kinda cute) passengers in her...
36) Take the lead
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Series
Language
English
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"Named one of the Best Romances of 2017 by Entertainment Weekly and The Washington Post! A 2018 RITA® winner for Best First Book! "A sparkling debut." -Entertainment Weekly "Vibrantly written." -The Washington Post The first in a sizzling new series about finding love on and off the dance floor from #OwnVoices author Alexis Daria. Gina Morales wants to win. It's her fifth season on The Dance Off, a top-rated network TV celebrity dance competition,...
37) Swing time
Author
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"An ambitious, exuberant new novel moving from North West London to West Africa, from the multi-award-winning author of White Teeth and On Beauty Two brown girls dream of being dancers--but only one, Tracey, has talent. The other has ideas: about rhythm and time, about black bodies and black music, what constitutes a tribe, or makes a person truly free. It's a close but complicated childhood friendship that ends abruptly in their early twenties, never...
38) Waltz this way
Author
Series
Ex-trophy wives volume 3
Publisher
Berkley Sensation
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
"Left without a partner... When former ballroom champion Melina Cherkasov found out that her famous husband was cheating, she was devastated, especially since she was informed by a sleazy reporter on national TV. Thanks to an ironclad prenup and a scumbag ex, Melina has to pack up her dog and her dignity and take refuge in her dad's retirement community in New Jersey. ...it's time to take the lead. To make ends meet, Melina puts her dancing shoes...
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
In this pair of stories set in the Sookie Stackhouse universe, novella "Dancers in the Dark" and short story "Layla Steps Up," #1 New York Times' bestselling author Charlaine Harris chronicles the tumultuous beginning of the love story between an unlikely couple. In "Dancers in the Dark," Rue LeMay is desperate to leave the past behind. Badly in need of money to start over, she takes a job at Blue Moon entertainment, where she'll be dancing with vampires...
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
According to family legend, Mia Jenrow's great-great grandmother danced for the Paris Opera and was painted by Degas himself! Now she is in Paris to snag an audition with the world's best ballet company. But so is her rival, Audrey. Mia's ballet instructor has high standards that push her to the breaking point. And Louis is a charming distraction, eager to show Mia his city. This summer was supposed to be about ballet-- but there's a reason Paris...
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