| Dancing on the Edge Contributor(s): Nolan, Han (Author) |
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ISBN: 0141302038 ISBN-13: 9780141302034 Publisher: Puffin Books OUR PRICE: $6.29 Product Type: Mass Market Paperbound - Other Formats Published: March 1999 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Depression & Mental Illness - Juvenile Fiction | Family - General (see Also Headings Under Social Themes) - Juvenile Fiction | Girls & Women |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 98028618 |
| Lexile Measure: 850 |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 4.35" W x 7.05" (0.32 lbs) 256 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Family |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 20106 Reading Level: 4.7 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 9.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Miracle McCloy is the child of a talented dancer, who died in childbirth, and a brilliant, reclusive novelist. Raised by her grandmother Gigi, a psychic, Miracle becomes a dancer herself, and a loner who believes in mystical spirits and auras. Then her father disappears. When no one can give an explanation, or even a version of the truth, Miracle becomes obsessed with contacting him and bringing him back. As she loses herself in her quest, she loses her self? and, in a last, desperate attempt, sends her life up in flames. In the page-turning tradition of best-selling novels I Never Promised You a Rose Garden and The Bell Jar, Dancing on the Edge gives readers a story? and a heroine? they will never forget. Nolan dives into the mind of an emotionally disturbed girl in an intense, exceptionally well-written novel?The shadows of truth, suffering, self-expression, and repression are examined without psychobabble in this sad, funny, and tender story.? Kirkus Reviews, pointer reviewNolan does a masterful job of drawing readers into the girl's mind and making them care deeply about her chances for the future. ? School Library Journal, starred review |