Another Way to Dance
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Publication Year
1998
ISBN
9780440219682
Pages
308 pages
Genre
realism
Format
novel
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
While spending the summer at the School of American Ballet in New York City, fourteen-year-old Vicki Harris must come to terms with the reality of her parents' divorce, her crush on Mikhail Baryshnikov, and the impact of being an African American on her future as a dancer.
Grade Level
6-8
Diversity Topics
Family Relationships; Racial Diversity; Divorce; Race discrimination; divorced parents; co-parenting; racism
Main Character
girl
Race/Ethnicities
African American
Family Formation
divorced parents
Awards
Books for You: An Annotated Booklist for Senior High, Thirteenth Edition, 1997
Los Angeles' 100 Best Books, 1996
Middle And Junior High School Library Catalog, Eighth Edition, 2000
YALSA Best Books for Young Adults, 1997
The de Grummond Children's Literature Collection
Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe Award for New Talent, 1997, Winner
Keywords
ballet; dancing; New York; competition; identity issues
Diversity Impact
direct
STARS Citation
Southgate, Martha, "Another Way to Dance" (1998). Diverse Families. 1031.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/1031