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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 13
Lexile measure
860L
Language
English
Description
Orianna and Violet are ballet dancers and best friends. But when the ballerinas who have been harassing Violet are murdered, Orianna is accused of the crime and sent to a juvenile detention center where she meets Amber and they experience supernatural events linking the girls together.
Author
Language
English
Description
"A Black teen dancer with dreams of landing a spot in a prestigious ballet company must learn to dance on her own terms in this explosive debut about the healing power of art and friendship, perfect for fans of Heartbreaker and Tiny Pretty Things. Ballet is Aisha's life. So when she's denied yet another lead at her elite academy because she doesn't "look" the part, she knows something has to change-the constant discrimination is harming her mental...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 11
Lexile measure
770L
Language
English
Formats
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Sixteen-year-old Mia travels to Paris to attend an elite ballerina program, and along the way meets a cute French boy, finds an unexpected rival, and discovers the truth behind a family legend.
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
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
2023.
Language
English
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Description
"Aaliyah Preston and Tyler Moore were best friends growing up. Tyler played and wrote music, and Aaliyah brought that music to life through dance. They were convinced their lives would change forever after entering a TV talent show, but when Aliyah's mom ended up in hospital, Tyler had to go alone-and won. Suddenly, he was thrust into the spotlight while she was left behind in their small, seaside town. Several years later, Tyler is the hottest pop...
Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Lexile measure
HL 580L
Language
English
Description
"It's 1995. When the Full Tilt Dancers give an inspiring performance at the opening of the new bingo hall, twelve-year-old Finbar (Barry) Squires wants desperately to join the troupe. Led by Father O'Flaherty, the Full Tilt Irish Step Dancers are the most sought-after act in St. John's, Newfoundland (closely followed by popular bagpiper, Alfie Bragg and his Agony Bag). Having watched Riverdance twice, Barry figures he'll nail the audition. And good...
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
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Formats
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.
12) Turning
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
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...
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
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Formats
Description
"When Chloe Pierce's mom forbids her to apply for a spot at the dance conservatory of her dreams, she devises a secret plan to drive two hundred miles to the nearest audition. But Chloe hits her first speed bump when her annoying neighbor Eli insists upon hitching a ride, threatening to tell Chloe's mom if she leaves him and his smelly dog, Geezer, behind. So now Chloe's chasing her ballet dreams down the east coast--two unwanted (but kinda cute)...
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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'...
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