Step Up and Dance - Softcover

Thalia Kalkipsakis

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1742377696 ISBN 13: 9781742377698

Publisher: Allen & Unwin, 2013

Synopsis

As I leaped and kicked, taking care to be perfectly in line, I felt a quickening in my chest, a secret dance in my heart. I just had to get through rehearsal and the game itself, then I would finally get to talk to him . . .

Saph's life is pretty perfect. At sixteen, she's already doing what she loves: dancing in a cheerleading squad for a professional basketball team. So when she gets a Valentine from her secret crush, all her dreams seem to be within reach. But the harder Saph dances after her dreams, the more her real life starts to get in the way. Worst of all, the Valentine turns out to be a hoax. Humiliated and angry, Saph and her best friend, Summer, are determined to get revenge.

A funny, energetic story about forgetting the moves and remembering what's important.

About this title

Review:

"[The protagonist's] determination as a dancer, her earnestness at discovering what is really important to her, and her honesty at confronting her own mistakes brings an authenticity to the story that teenagers will appreciate." --"Booklist"

About the Author:

THALIA KALKIPSAKIS loved reading when she was a kid, and now she loves writing for kids who also love books. Thalia grew up on a carrot farm on the outskirts of Melbourne. She kept writing stories as she grew up and, after a stint as a semi-professional dancer, she started working as a website editor and later, editor of travel guides. These days, she works from home as a writer and editor, and lives with her husband and two children in North-East Victoria. She has published multiple books in the Go Girl! series, as well as the non-fiction children's book It's True! Sleep Makes You Smarter and two teenage novels.

About this edition

• Publisher: Allen & Unwin
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1742377696
• ISBN 13: 9781742377698
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 180