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African American universities and colleges Fiction Ballet dancers Fiction Dancers Fiction Indians of North America Washington (State) Fiction Makah Indians Fiction Makah Indians Juvenile fiction Secrecy Juvenile fiction Secrets Fiction Self-realization Fiction Stepfamilies FictionAfzal, Zulekha
Summary: "Under the blazing sun, an elite troupe of dancers are trained to harness their magic. They are the queen's most formidable assassins. Aasira has one of the rarest talents -- for she is a flame-wielder. Feared by all and envied by some, she uses her power to execute enemies of the crown. Aasira's greatest wish is to serve her queen. But on the eve of her graduation, with tensions rising among...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rock the Boat 2024
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC AFZIloh, Candice
Summary: "Ada" means first daughter, means oldest girl, means most pressure. When Ada leaves home for her freshman year at a historical Black college, it's the first time that she's been able to make her own choices. As she stumbles deeper into the world of dance and explores her sexuality, she also begins to wrestle with her past-- her mother's struggle with addiction, her Nigerian father's attempts to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton Books 2020
Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: YA FIC ILODay, Christine
Summary: After an injury sidelines her dreams of becoming a ballet star, Maisie is not excited for her blended family's midwinter road trip along the coast, near the Makah community where her mother grew up.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Heartdrum, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC DAYCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC DAYDay, Christine
Summary: It's been a hard year for Maisie Cannon, ever since she hurt her leg and could not keep up with her ballet training and auditions. Her blended family is loving and supportive, but Maisie knows that they just can't understand how hopeless she feels. With everything she's dealing with, Maisie is not excited for their family midwinter road trip along the coast, near the Makah community where her...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Findaway World, LLC 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J PA FIC DAYSmith, Joy L.
Summary: Before the "accident" Genie was an aspiring ballerina, a star pupil at her exclusive New York dance school, now she is a bitter teenager, permanently confined to a wheelchair, shutting herself off from her friends, her beloved teacher, and even her mother; but at physical therapy she meets Kyle, a gymnast whose traumatic brain injury has landed him in therapy--and through their growing...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2022