Teen Booklists

Dance

Fiction
Dancing In Red Shoes Will Kill You	Cirrone, Dorian	YA CIRRONE
Sixteen-year-old Kayla, a ballet dancer with very large breasts, and her sister Paterson, an artist, are both helped and hindered by classmates as they confront sexism, conformity, and censorship at their high school for the arts while still managing to maintain their sense of humor.




Mao's Last Dancer	Cunxin, Li	FIC CUNXIN
Offers the story of a young boy born to poor peasants in rural China who got a rare opportunity to study the art of dance and, through his talent and determination, became the first to represent his country in a cultural exchange abroad where fame and fortune soon followed when he became a member of the Houston Ballet.




On Pointe	Grover, Lorie Ann	YA GROVER
In this novel written in free verse, Clare and her grandfather must deal with changes in their lives when Clare's summer growth spurt threatens to end her dream of becoming a ballet dancer and her grandfather suffers a stroke.



The Night Dance	Weyn, Suzanne	YA WEYN
Discovering that Rowena, his youngest daughter, is sneaking out of the house every night, Sir Ethan puts out a challenge to the single men of the kingdom to find out the truth about her escapades.



Non-Fiction
Ballet: Point by Pointe	Mitchell, Missy	YA 792.8 M694
Explores the history of ballet, what is involved in becoming a ballet dancer, and what to look for when watching a ballet performance.