To Dance
Special Edition
Atheneum Books for Young Readers · Print & ebook · October 1, 2019
A beautifully refreshed and expanded special edition of the Sibert Honor–winning graphic memoir about the dreams and realities of becoming a ballerina.
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- Who it’s for
- A graphic memoir brings the early dreams and realities of becoming a ballerina into view.
- Themes
- Ballet aspirations, Family history, Backstage life
- Genres
- Comics Biographies, Dance & Movement, Biographies of Women for Kids
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A beautifully refreshed and expanded special edition of the Sibert Honor–winning graphic memoir about the dreams and realities of becoming a ballerina. Ballerinas are young when they first dream of dance.
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Siena was six—and her dreams kept skipping and leaping, circling and spinning, from airy runs along a beach near her home in Puerto Rico, to dance classes at the School of American Ballet, to her debut performance on stage with the New York City Ballet while working with ballet legend George Balanchine. Part family history, part backstage drama, this beautifully updated graphic memoir—which features a refreshed design and a brand-new scrapbook of Siena’s mementoes—is an original, firsthand look a young dancer’s beginnings.
Dreams in Motion
A graphic memoir brings the early dreams and realities of becoming a ballerina into view.
Come here for
- The pull between childhood dreams and the discipline of dance
- A firsthand glimpse of ballet beginnings, from class to stage
Expect
- Family history alongside backstage drama
- A refreshed edition with a scrapbook of mementoes
Where it sits
| Dance & Movement | 94% |
|---|---|
| Comics Biographies | 92% |
| Biographies of Women for Kids | 59% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Biographies of Women for Kids
- Dance & Movement
- Comics Biographies
- Authors
- Siena Cherson Siegel
- Publisher
- Atheneum Books for Young Readers
- Published
- October 1, 2019
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Ballet aspirations · Family history · Backstage life
- Reading lane
- Biographies of Women for Kids