Drina Dances Again

Author	Rumer Godden
ISBN	0440987903

Books about ballet I read whenever I find them, and this one, I simply inhaled. I don't know why I didn't come across this one years ago--but then Rumer Godden has not always been a easy find in this country; by the time I was cruising the library shelves, a lot of her books had gone the way of the library discard...

Author

Miriam Wenger-Landis

"The people, the excitement, and the beauty of dancers were the story of my life...."

When eighteen-year-old dancer Anna Linado began her professional ballet career with the prestigious Los Angeles Ballet Theatre, she thought all of her dreams had come true. Company life offered glamorous...

Author	Jill Krementz
ISBN	0394408853

Growing up, my sister and I took turns checking out this and A VERY YOUNG GYMNAST from the library. My mom eventually bought us A VERY YOUNG SKATER and A VERY YOUNG HORSEBACK RIDER, but DANCER and GYMNAST are still the best.
In the mid-1970s, Krementz spent months following 10-year-old Stephanie...

Author	Joanna Campbell
ISBN	0061061638

Will Pride's winning streak ruin him?

Wonder's Pride, the three-year-old colt of champion mare Wonder, is the newest star in Thoroughbred racing and the favorite for the biggest race of them all - the Kentucky Derby. But when Pride wins the Derby, it looks as if victory could be the worst thing...

Author	Elizabeth Levy
ISBN	0590440500

I'm re-reading these in the hope of getting rid of them. I first read the series when I was actually too old for it, but there's something very likeable about it and I love gymnastics as a sport. Re-reading as an adult, I think I was a little more aware of the failings of the book, many of which could have been...

Author	Maurice Gee
ISBN	0195580400

This book and the subsequent TV series left such an impression on me that I still can't look at Rangitoto without thinking about slimy aliens, giant worms and those cool glowing stones. I wanted one just as much as I wanted my own lightsabre.

Undoubtedly a New Zealand classic. The only reason...

Author	Lorna Hill
ISBN	0856861561

Why do I find this series from a bygone age so appealing, even now? Surely a series of books for young adults, set in the ballet world, would be of limited appeal, and err towards an unpopular, rather unsavoury elitism? Even the original covers, watercolours by the ballet artist Eve Guthrie, show an exclusively...

Author	Noel Streatfeild
ISBN	0006753981

Not my favorite Streatfeild, though I found it interesting that it was a little darker than her usual. The parents die at the very beginning and the effects of it on the kids are dealt with at least a little. (I mean, I know she has other dead parents, but generally they're far in the backstory.) The uncle...

Author	Jacques D'Amboise
ISBN	1400042348

“Who am I? I’m a man; an American, a father, a teacher, but most of all, I am a person who knows how the arts can change lives, because they transformed mine. I was a dancer.”

In this rich, expansive, spirited memoir, Jacques d’Amboise, one of America’s most celebrated classical dancers,...

Author	Adrienne Sharp
ISBN	1573223107

Adam and Sandra are ballet dancers, friends since they were fifteen, and now lovers. Sandra is a dancer in the corps of the New York City Ballet who has just caught George Balanchine’s eye. Adam is an explosively gifted new star who has defected to the rival company, the American Ballet Theatre. They...

Author	Elinor M. Brent-Dyer
ISBN	0006903444

Destined for head-girl ever since day one, she's finally done it. The Chalet School and Jo sees Joey assume the mantle of head girl. She's not happy at the prospect and goes off grumbling to the intensely serene now-married-and-making-of-the-babies former head Girl Gisela. Gisela puts Joey on the...

Author	Mauri Kunnas
ISBN	9511122444

Kaukana Kalevalan mailla asui villi ja vapaa koirien heimo, sen naapurina pimeässä Pohjolassa hurja ja häijy susien kansa, ja niiden välissä pieni mutta sitkeä kissojen heimo. Koirat ja sudet kilpailivat metsien kuninkuudesta, ja usein niiden välille syntyi kiivaita kahinoita.Kirjailija...