Calhoun, Dia. Aria of the Sea.
In the magical kingdom of Windward, thirteen-year-old Cerinthe arrives at the
Royal Dancing School, where she finds herself torn between the two careers
of dancer and healer.
Creech, Sharon. Replay.
While preparing for a role in the school play, twelve-year-old Leo finds
an autobiography that his father wrote as a teenager and ponders the ways
people change as they grow up. Includes the text for the play, "Rumpopo's
Porch."
Karr, Kathleen. Gilbert and Sullivan Set Me Free.
During the early 1900s, a teenaged inmate's dreary life at Massachusetts's
Sherborn Prison for Women changes for the better after she becomes a member
of the prison choir and participates in the production of the operetta "The
Pirates of Penzance.".
Meyer, Carolyn. Marie, Dancing.
A fictionalized autobiography of Marie Van Goethem, the impoverished student
from the Paris Opera ballet school who became the model for Edgar Degas's
famous sculpture, "The Little Dancer."
Nelson, Theresa. Ruby Electric.
Twelve-year-old Ruby Miller, movie buff and aspiring screen writer, tries to
resolve the mysteries surrounding her little brother's stuffed woolly mammoth
and their father's five year absence.
Staples, Suzanne Fisher. Shiva’s Fire.
In India, a talented dancer sacrifices friends and family for her art.
Voigt, Cynthia. Come a Stranger.
A young African American dancer struggles with racism and discrimination at
dance camp. Then she meets a young minister whose honesty helps her understand
her changing view of the world.
Whelan, Gloria. The Turning.
In the months leading up to the August 1991 coup attempt that resulted in the
collapse of Communism in the Soviet Union, a young dancer with the Kirov
Ballet struggles to decide whether to defect while on an upcoming trip to
Paris.
Wittlinger, Ellen. Gracie's Girl.
As she starts middle school, Bess volunteers to work on the school musical
in hopes of fitting in, but when she and a friend get to know an elderly
homeless woman, Bess changes her mind about what is really important.