On pointe
1st ed.
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Author
Publication
2004 - Margaret K. McElderry Books, New York, New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
78,750 words, Guess
Page Count
315 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archiveonpointe00grov
- ISBN-100689865252
- ISBN-139780689865251
- Goodreads643334
- Library of Congress Control Number2003009963
and 3 more
- OCLC Control Number52386493
- Better World Books9780689865251
- Open LibraryOL3674884M
Classifications
- DDC[Fic]
- LCCPZ7.G9305 On 2004
- LCC2003009963
Description
For as long as she can remember, Clare and her family have had a dream: Someday Clare will be a dancer in City Ballet Company. For ten long years Clare has been taking ballet lessons, watching what she eats, giving up friends and a social life, and practicing until her feet bleed -- all for the sake of that dream. And now, with the audition for City Ballet Company right around the corner, the dream feels so close. But what if the dream doesn't come true? The competition for the sixteen spots in the company is fierce, and many won't make it. Talent, dedication, body shape, size -- everything will influence the outcome. Clare's grandfather says she is already a great dancer, but does she really have what it takes to make it into the company? And if not, then what? Told through passionate and affecting poems in Clare's own voice, On Pointe soars with emotion as it explores what it means to reach for a dream -- and the way that dreams can change as quickly and suddenly as do our lives.
Description
In this novel written in free verse, Clare and her grandfather must deal with changes in their lives when Clare's summer growth spurt threatens to end her dream of becoming a ballet dancer and her grandfather suffers a stroke.
Subjects
Genres
- Fiction
Other Editions
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