![]() ![]() Kirkus Reviews said that the protagonist was "almost too good to be true, but she'll appeal to teens interested in dance". ![]() Booklist was less positive, feeling that the grandfather's stroke was "perhaps overly convenient" and that the "shift in focus from ballet-studio pressures to family dynamics feels a bit jarring". Publishers Weekly described it as "well-wrought" with "an air of authenticity". School Library Journal said that the novel was "finely written", and commented of the main character that "the teen's voice rings true". ![]() It seems her dream is crushed, but when her grandfather has a stroke, losing the ability to talk and move his right side, her perspective alters. After a growth spurt, she is judged too tall for professional ballet and advised to take a dance class for adult amateurs. Finally, after a startling incident with a family friend, Essie finds the strength to hold on tight to all that she has left - and in the process realizes that. On Pointe By Lorie Ann Grover Trade Paperback LIST PRICE 14. She hopes to be selected for City Ballet, a program for very skilled dancers, although there are only sixteen positions available. The novel centers on 16-year-old Clare, who has dreamed of becoming a dancer all her life and has worked hard to achieve her dreams. It was nominated for the 2006 Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award. On Pointe is a children's novel about an aspiring ballet dancer by Lorie Ann Grover, first published in 2004. ![]()
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