Someday Dancer - Couverture rigide

Rubin, Sarah

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0545393787 ISBN 13 : 9780545393782

Editeur : Chicken House, 2012

Synopsis

A ballerina tale with a thoroughly modern twist!

Casey Quinn has got more grace in her pinkie toe than all those prissy ballet-school girls put together, even if you'd never guess it from the looks of her too-long legs and dirty high-top sneakers. It's 1959, and freckle-faced Casey lives in the red-dust countryside of South Carolina. She's a farm girl: Her family can't afford ballet lessons. But Casey's dream is to dance in New York City. And if anyone tries to stand in her way, she's going to pirouette and jeté right over them!

Casey's got the grit, and Casey's got the grace: Is that enough to make it in Manhattan someday? Or might the Big Apple have something even better in mind? When she meets a visionary choreographer she calls "Miss Martha," Casey's ballerina dream takes a thoroughly, thrillingly modern twist!

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Sarah Rubin grew up splitting time between Philadelphia and an island off the coast of Maine. She spent most of her childhood playing dress-up, reading, and trying to get lost in the woods.

Sarah earned a BA in creative writing and history from Skidmore College in New York State, and after teaching dance and drama for a year, she moved to Winchester, England. She is the author of Someday Dancer.

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At the top of the stairs is a large room filled with dancers. And in the middle is the most amazing woman I have ever seen. She is tall, larger than herself somehow. Like her spirit is too big for her body. Little bits seem to pour out every time she moves. The air bends around her as she prowls between the dancers.

I want to feel how those dancers look, like I'm flying.

As the dancers file out, the other woman, from the front desk, leads me into the room.

"Martha," she says to the teacher, "this girl wants to audition."

Miss Martha looks down at me.

I hesitate. Then somehow I find my voice. I ask, "What kind of dance do you teach? I've never seen it before."

She arches one eyebrow.

"A new way to move," she says.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Chicken House
• Date d'édition: 2012
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0545393787
• ISBN 13: 9780545393782
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 256
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible