DANCING IN RED SHOES WILL KILL YOU
Dorian Cirrone, . . HarperCollins, $15.99 (213pp) ISBN 978-0-06-055701-0
The engaging voice of 16-year-old ballet dancer Kayla Callaway propels Cirrone's debut novel. Kayla is having trouble at the Florida Arts High School (aka "Farts High"). Not only has she been given a minor part in the school's ballet, but her teacher has also approached her about getting breast reduction surgery. And pairs of red pointe shoes have been appearing in the halls, the first of which had an ominous message attached: "Dancing in red shoes will kill you." (Kayla is one of only three dancers wearing red shoes in the ballet.) The ballet metaphors run a little heavy in Kayla's narration ("My stomach did a
Reviewed on: 03/14/2005
Genre: Children's
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