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Author
Series
Tending roses volume 4
Language
English
Description
Julia Costell begins an unglamorous job as a guidance counselor at a performing arts high school after her ballet career ends, and fears she will never find her purpose in life again, until she meets a young teen with an amazing gift.
Author
Series
Publisher
Covenant Communications, Inc
Language
English
Description
With only two semesters left before graduation, Rhys Solario, a non-Mormon attending Brigham Young University, just wants to keep flying under the radar. Then he meets Emmy in a Book of Mormon class, and for the first time, the idea of keeping to himself doesn't sound so appealing. Emmy Jennings only feels confident when she's dancing ballet, so when she fails to earn a coveted solo, her faith in herself disintegrates. When the two are assigned to...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
Chosen from millions of children to serve in Mao's cultural revolution by studying at the Beijing Dance Academy, Li knew ballet would be his family's best opportunity to escape the bitter poverty in his rural China home. From one hardship to another, Li persevered, never forgetting the family he left behind.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
Michaela DePrince was known as girl Number 27 at the orphanage, where she was abandoned at a young age and tormented as a "devil child" for a skin condition that makes her skin appear spotted. But it was at the orphanage that Michaela would find a picture of a beautiful ballerina en pointe that would help change the course of her life. In this engaging, moving, and unforgettable memoir, Michaela shares her dramatic journey from an orphan in West Africa...
8) Tutu-rrific
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Stay tuned for a brand-new show coming in winter 2018 to PBS Kids: Pinkalicious & Peterrific ! Pinkalicious takes a twirl in this special I Can Read anniversary edition of Pinkalicious: Tutu-rrific! Pinkalicious can't wait to go to ballet class with her best friend, Alison, but things take a turn when there's a mix-up and Pinkalicious ends up in the big kids' class. Will Pinkalicious get lost among the dancers, or will she be able to jump to new...
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
42 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"At the age of three, Michaela DePrince found a photo of a ballerina that changed her life. She was living in an orphanage in Sierra Leone at the time, but was soon adopted by a family and brought to America. Michaela never forgot the photo of the dancer she once saw, and quickly decided to make her dream of becoming a ballerina come true."--Amazon.com.
12) Misty Copeland
Author
Publisher
Simon Spotlight
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
48 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
c2005
Physical Desc
172 p. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
A story inspired by Edgar Degas's famous 1878 painting "L'Étoile," or "Dancer on the Stage," in which Sylvie Bertrand, an ambitious young pupil at the Paris Opera Ballet, struggles to keep herself and her dreams alive when the Franco-Prussian War breaks out.
16) Watch her fall
Author
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
391 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
A successful ballet dancer is threatened by a jealous stalker.
Author
Publisher
Albert Whitman & Company
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
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
Silhouette Books
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
442 pages ; 17 cm.
Language
English
Description
Once More With Feeling: "Musician Raven Williams was devastated when Brandon Carstairs broke her heart five years ago. Now he's back, asking for her help cowriting the score for a major film--an opportunity she can't refuse. Despite the undeniable heat between them, Raven vows to keep things strictly professional. But it's as if no time has passed at all--and with so much lust hanging between them, it's hard not to melt..." -- Page [4] cover.
Reflections:...
20) Turning
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster BFYR
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
342 pages ; 22 cm
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...
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