Someday Dancer

Written by Sarah Rubin

A farm girl with no money for lessons dreams of dancing in New York City.

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256 pages· 730L· AR 4.59 · 9 AR pts

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Bookroo's summary

It's 1959, and Casey Quinn has more grace in her pinkie toe than any ballet-school girl, but her family on a South Carolina farm can't afford lessons. Casey dreams of dancing in New York City, and she won't let anyone stand in her way.

From the publisher

A ballerina tale with a thoroughly modern twist!Casey Quinn has got more grace in her pinkie toe than all those prissy ballet-school girls put together, even if you’d never guess it from the looks of her too-long legs and dirty high-top sneakers. It’s 1959, and freckle-faced Casey lives in the red-dust countryside of South Carolina. She’s a farm girl: Her family can’t afford ballet lessons. But Casey’s dream is to dance in New York City. And if anyone tries to stand in her way, she’s going to pirouette and jeté right over them! Casey’s got the grit, and Casey’s got the grace: Is that enough to make it in Manhattan someday? Or might the Big Apple have something even better in mind? When she meets a visionary choreographer she calls Miss Martha, Casey’s ballerina dream takes a thoroughly, thrillingly modern twist!

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