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Double Pirouette Book by Christine Welsh
This unique story for maturing dancers from 11 years old, draws the reader behind-the-scenes on the New York City ballet stage. The heroine, Aurora Chevalier, an up and coming prima ballerina takes us on a fantastic 220 page adventure through a kaleidoscope of five classical ballets that she performed prior to suddenly falling into a coma. Centaurs, powerful fairies and firebirds replace the wizards, dragons and goblins typically found in a young man’s heroic quest. Aurora’s real world relationships continue simultaneously while she is dreaming–exploring age appropriate themes of family, trust, betrayal and first love. DOUBLE PIROUETTE is an empowering, inspirational novel for coming of age dancers and horse lovers.
“This book is gorgeous! It is beautifully written; so poetic and visually stunning imagery. The merging of the two worlds is so cool! I knew it would be a special story, but DOUBLE PIROUETTE far exceeded my expectations–it really is a treasure.”
Review by former Scholastic editor L. Ferrara