| Ballet Breakdown Contributor(s): Gurevich, Margaret (Author), Almon, Claire (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 1496562062 ISBN-13: 9781496562067 Publisher: Stone Arch Books OUR PRICE: $23.39 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Performing Arts - Dance - Juvenile Fiction | Health & Daily Living - Diseases, Illnesses & Injuries - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Emotions & Feelings |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2018005690 |
| Lexile Measure: 670 |
| Series: Academy of Dance |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.4" W x 7.6" (0.48 lbs) 72 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Sex & Gender - Girl's Interest |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 196474 Reading Level: 3.7 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 1.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Jada isn't thrilled to leave her old life in Philadelphia behind. Not only is she saying goodbye to her school and her friends, she also has to leave her dance team. Jada lives for ballet, and thankfully, she finds a way to keep dancing at Ms. Marianne's Academy of Dance. But when an injury threatens to sideline Jada before the big competition, she has to find a way to overcome her anxiety and her injury or risk letting down her new team. |
Contributor Bio(s): Almon, Claire: - Claire Almon lives and works in warm and sunny Atlanta, Georgia, and holds a BFA in illustration from Ringling College of Art and Design, as well as an MFA in animation from Savannah College of Art and Design. She has worked on a variety of projects for clients including American Greetings, Netflix, and Cartoon Network and has taught character design at Savannah College of Art and Design. Thanks to her training in both illustration and animation, Claire specializes in creating fun, dynamic characters full of life and wit and works in a variety of styles and mediums including watercolor, pen and ink, pastel, and digital. When not making art, Claire enjoys dancing, napping, hanging out with her friends, and being an aunt to her six nieces.Gurevich, Margaret: - Margaret Gurevich has wanted to be a writer since second grade and loves writing for kids of all ages. She has written for many magazines including Girls' Life, SELF, and Ladies' Home Journal. Her first YA novel, Inconvenient, was a Sydney Taylor Notable Book for Teens, and her second novel, Pieces of Us, garnered positive reviews from Kirkus, Voya, and Publishers Weekly, which called it painfully believable. When not writing, Margaret enjoys hiking, cooking, reading, watching too much television, and spending time with her husband and son. |