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Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Laure has always danced in the cutthroat world of ballet at a disadvantage. Tired of being overlooked, she ventures deep in the Paris Catacombs, where she finds a pulsing blood river that offers her everything she's dreamed of and worked toward: power and awe. With it, she takes her place above her peers, but soon she cannot distinguish her own lust for more with the primordial presence in her veins. Laure quickly learns she's not the only monster...
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Luca's entire identity and future are entwined around dance until he loses his performing arts scholarship after a debilitating injury. Gutted and demoted to public school attendee, the only bright spots in his new future are two friends he quickly makes, but knowing that one is gorgeous, popular, and avowed heterosexual, Luca can't help feeling he is setting himself up for another heartbreak.
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Determined to win a prestigious competition, Black ballet dancer Naomi Morgan is instead sidelined by both an injury and tragedy that affect her mental health until she meets a street artist who shows her how to shine in a different kind of spotlight.
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Lexile measure
HL 780L
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...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Formats
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.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Ada leaves home for her freshman year at a Historically Black College, it's the first time she's ever been so far from her family-and the first time that she's been able to make her own choices and to seek her place in this new world. As she stumbles deeper into the world of dance and explores her sexuality, she also begins to wrestle with her past-her mother's struggle with addiction, her Nigerian father's attempts to make a home for her. Ultimately,...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Anna K has the perfect (if boring) boyfriend, Alexander W.; and she has always made her Korean-American father proud (even if he can be controlling). Anna's brother, Steven, and his girlfriend, Lolly, are trying to weather an sexting scandal; Lolly's little sister, Kimmie, is struggling to recalibrate to normal life after an injury derails her ice dancing career; and Steven's best friend, Dustin, is one-sidedly in love with Kimmie. Alexia 'Count'...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"Through luck, persistence, and sheer nerve, Tatara Fujita and his new partner Mako Akagi have made it to the final round of their first competition together - the Tenpei Cup. They may have proven that they have what it takes to dance competitively, but do they have what it takes to win? Mako's arrogant older brother Gaju is determined to beat them and prove that they don't, and between his skill and his partner Shizuku's poise and talent, he might...
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