| Description |
179 pages ; 18 cm |
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age Children |
| Note |
"Laurel-Leaf Books." |
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Reprint. Originally published by Delacorte, 1996. |
| Summary |
While spending the summer at the School of American Ballet in New York City, fourteen-year-old Vicki Harris must come to terms with the reality of her parents' divorce, her crush on Mikhail Baryshnikov, and the impact of being an African American on her future as a dancer. Fourteen-year-old 03Vicki Harris's dream has come true. She has been accepted into the summer program at New York City's prestigious School of American Ballet. It will be hard work and highly competitive. But Vicki feels ready. She is totally committed to dancing. Vicki isn't prepared to be one of only two African American students in the program. Nor is she expecting the racism she finds within the school. And Michael, from Harlem, takes Vicki completely by surprise. He shakes up her dream world -- where Baryshnikov is her idol, her parents never really got divorced, and every pirouette is perfect -- and shows her that the real world is bigger than a stage. |
| Awards |
Coretta Scott King John Steptoe Award for New Talent, 1997. |
| Provenance |
Gift of Susan Mandel Glazer |
| Subject |
African Americans -- Juvenile fiction.
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African Americans. |
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Ballet dancing -- Juvenile fiction.
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Ballet dancing. |
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Divorce -- Juvenile fiction.
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Divorce. |
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New York (N.Y.) -- Juvenile fiction.
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National Book Committee. |
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New York (State) -- New York. |
| Genre/Form |
Fiction.
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Juvenile works.
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Fiction.
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| ISBN |
044021968X |
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9780440219682 |
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