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A Dance of Sisters |
Author: Tracey Porter
Published: 2002-11-01 |
List price: $15.99
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As of: November 20th, 2008 07:34:22 AM
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 A Dance of Sisters
A Dance of Sisters
by Tracy Porter
A Dance Of Sisters is a book that's rich, exciting and powerful. In this book, Delia, a girl who only wishes to become a classical dancer , and her sister, a sad and energetic goth who's into witch craft and makeup, learn more about each other and how things happen in their torn and broken family. With their father working day and night, her sister is eventually sent to boarding school and their mother is dead. Delia, also known as Little Moon from her sisters terms, hardly finds time to talk or even be a normal girl. Delia now becoming unhealthy because her dancing is keeping her too thin she is now confused about who she is and how her life she is torn between fixing her grace in dance and fixing her family. Now that she knows more about how things used to be it makes it easier to figure out what happens now in her life.
This exciting book was difficult yet a good book for a little challenge, I read this when I was nine. It was so good that I was engaged every time I read and all I wanted to ever do was read more. I think Tracy Porter did a great job at balancing the reality and fantasy in this book for readers that dont't give up on a good book. If you think of reading this book, then all I can say is I give this book two thumbs up!
Elise T. Tucker
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Hanna W. review of A Dance of Sisters by Tracey Porter, March 20, 2008.
This book takes place in a small town in Washington. The main character is Delia. She lives with her father and her sister. When she was fairly young, her mother passed away. Since then her sister, Pearl developed more and more problems at school. It got to the point that she was sent to a boarding school.
Delia is very interested in the study of ballet at a school named Elanova. During the time she spent at the school she was faced with many ups and downs. She met and became good friends with a girl named Claire Acton. During the Christmas performance, Claire and Delia shared a role. In the spring performance, they had to compete for a top role. Claire ends up receiving the role which causes Delia to become very depressed. She gets the feeling that she is overweight and becomes overly self- conscientious. She starts eating less and is rapidly losing weight. Her dad becomes very concerned and takes her to the doctor. The doctor puts her on restriction from school for three weeks and from ballet for one month. Over her break Delia gains most of her weight back, and when she returns to ballet she feels extremely ignored. The ignorance made her feel unwanted, and her thinking that she was overweight made her frustrated. To deal with her frustration, she becomes overwhelmed and decides to quit ballet. In the end, she completely overcomes her illness, and begins taking a new less stressful dance class.
 Ah-mazing story about ballet and family
This book is a beautiful story about ballet and the struggle to stay thin, but it also about Delia's broken family. If you are thinking about getting this book GET IT ON AMAZON NOW!!! I recently found out that this book has stopped being printed and you will be lucky to find it in a bookstore or even a library. Don't think you can find it somewhere else!!! Also amazon is selling it for a really low price. BEAUTIFUL STORY!!
A good story about ballet, growing up, and family issues.
This book is about two sisters, Delia and her older sister Pearl. Their mother died when Pearl was very young. While Pearl is still having trouble dealing with the death of her mother, their father deals with it by avoiding talking about her, and Delia dives into ballet. Her new teacher is very strict and warns all her girls about being fat. While Delia gets better at dance, she also starts to starve herself and does nothing but dance. Pearl meanwhile withdraws from her family becoming rebellious and failing school. This story is as much about dance as it is about the survival of a broken family. This is a very good book that slightly older children will enjoy and even learn from. I recommend it to all who like books about ballet, dealing with family issues and growing into an adult.
Destined to Dance?
This is the story of two sisters, Delia and Pearl. Their mother died when they were little and they are left to live with their father. Pearl is not coping well with the death of her mother especially since her father does not know how to communicate with her. She really needs to talk about her mother but there is no one to listen, Delia is too young to remember. Instead their father ships Pearl off to a boarding school.
Delia is dealing with her own problems. Her one true love is dancing and she got accepted into a prestigious dance school with a very strict Madame. Madame has rules about being too fat in her class so Delia does whatever is necessary to make sure she stays thin. Unfortunately she is not doing whatever is necessary to stay healthy.
This is a great book for young girls dealing with life and its twisty turns. It shows that things do not always happen as planned but sometimes that can be a great thing. There is always something that can be learned from any situation. You will cheer for this family and maybe even cry too as this family tries to sort out their differences.
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