While spending the summer at the School of American Ballet in New York City, fourteen-year-old Vicki Harris must come to terms with the reality of ...
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Aug 18, 2011
Miriam
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I had high hopes for this book. I studied ballet for a dozen odd years and I can count on my fingers the number of non-white people I studied with over the years and schools. I remember being in a rehearsal once where the instructor - South American, and fairly dark-skinned himself - told us, without irony, to stay out of the sun because sylphs are supposed to be white. Classical ballet, according to my experience, was an unabashedly unenlightened, as well as fiercely competetive and totally abs
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Aug 18, 2011
Anna
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This book was inspiring and the main character was accessible and interesting. I loved how passionate she was about dancing and how she really takes her commitment seriously and works so hard. I admire people like that. I also like the relationships in this book and that was my favorite aspect to think about while reading. There were relationships in Vicki's family with her mom, sister and aunt. There was also a lot of background information on her parents' divorce and how that affected her
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Aug 18, 2011
Nia
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I thought this book was terrific it tell the story of 14 year old Vikki and her struggle to dances.This book remind me of the play Hot feet.What got me the most about loving this book of how real this girl is in her life . I mean she wants to live in this fantasy world like everyone else will snap back to reality when needeed to that why I like this book so much.
Aug 18, 2011
Mauri
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It was a bit childish of me, but I stopped after the line "She's pretty cool for a white girl." Which, for me, ranks right up there with "She's pretty well dressed for a black girl" and "She's pretty smart for a girl." I kind of wanted to stick around and see if everyone, instead of just Vicki, learned a lesson about assumptions, but gave it up as a waste of time.
Aug 18, 2011
713 Eliza
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A deep story filled with grace and beauty; a theme having to do with accepting yourself and finding your place in the world. Great read.
Aug 18, 2011
Jordan
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I loved this book because I'm in love with ballet. I read this in my younger aspiring dance years.
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