Title: A Time to Dance
Author: Padma
Venkatraman
Expected Publication
Date: May
1, 2014
Publisher: Nancy Paulsen
Books
SUMMARY
Padma Venkatraman’s inspiring story of a young
girl’s struggle to regain her passion and find a new peace is told lyrically
through verse that captures the beauty and mystery of India and the ancient bharatanatyam dance form. This is a
stunning novel about spiritual awakening, the power of art, and above all, the
courage and resilience of the human spirit.
Veda, a classical dance prodigy in India, lives and breathes dance—so when an accident leaves her a below-knee amputee, her dreams are shattered. For a girl who’s grown used to receiving applause for her dance prowess and flexibility, adjusting to a prosthetic leg is painful and humbling. But Veda refuses to let her disability rob her of her dreams, and she starts all over again, taking beginner classes with the youngest dancers. Then Veda meets Govinda, a young man who approaches dance as a spiritual pursuit. As their relationship deepens, Veda reconnects with the world around her, and begins to discover who she is and what dance truly means to her.
Veda, a classical dance prodigy in India, lives and breathes dance—so when an accident leaves her a below-knee amputee, her dreams are shattered. For a girl who’s grown used to receiving applause for her dance prowess and flexibility, adjusting to a prosthetic leg is painful and humbling. But Veda refuses to let her disability rob her of her dreams, and she starts all over again, taking beginner classes with the youngest dancers. Then Veda meets Govinda, a young man who approaches dance as a spiritual pursuit. As their relationship deepens, Veda reconnects with the world around her, and begins to discover who she is and what dance truly means to her.
Title: Starbird Murphy
and the World Outside
Author: Karen
Finneyfrock
Expected Publication
Date: June
12, 2014
Publisher: Viking Juvenile
SUMMARY
In her sixteen years of life, Starbird has
never touched a dollar bill. She’s never been in a car. She’s never used a cell
phone. That’s because Starbird has always lived on the Free Family Farm,
a commune in the woods of Washington State. But all that is about to
change. When Starbird gets her "Calling" to be a waitress at the Free
Family’s restaurant in Seattle, she decides to leave behind the only home she’s
ever known.
Nothing could have prepared Starbird for the World Outside, or for what it would teach her about the Family—and herself.
From the author of The Sweet Revenge of Celia Door comes this hilarious and poignant story about finding your true calling in life.
Nothing could have prepared Starbird for the World Outside, or for what it would teach her about the Family—and herself.
From the author of The Sweet Revenge of Celia Door comes this hilarious and poignant story about finding your true calling in life.
Title: The Rain
Author: Virginia Bergin
Expected Publication
Date: July
17, 2014
Publisher: Macmillan
Children’s Books
SUMMARY
One minute sixteen-year-old Ruby Morris is
having her first proper snog with Caspar McCloud in a hot tub, and the next
she’s being bundled inside the house, dripping wet, cold and in her underwear.
Not cool. As she and Caspar shiver in the kitchen, it starts to rain. They turn
on the radio to hear panicked voices – ‘It’s in the rain . . . it’s in the rain
. . . ' That was two weeks ago, and now Ruby is totally alone. People weren’t
prepared for the rain, got caught out in it, didn’t realize that you couldn’t
drink water from the taps either. Even a drip of rain would infect your blood,
and eat you from the inside out. Ruby knows she has to get to London to find her
dad, but she just doesn’t know where to start . . . After rescuing all the
neighbourhood dogs, Ruby sets off on a journey that will take her the length of
the country – surviving in the only way she knows how.
Title: Push Girl
Authors: Chelsie Hill
& Jessica
Love
Expected Publication
Date: June
3, 2014
Publisher: St. Martin’s
Griffin
SUMMARY
Kara is a high school junior who's loving
life. She's popular, has a great group of friends and an amazing
boyfriend, and she's a shoe-in for homecoming queen. Even though her parents
can't stop fighting and her ex-boyfriend can't seem to leave her alone,
Kara won't let anything get in the way of her perfect year. It's Friday
night, and Kara arrives at a party, upset after hearing her
parents having another one of their awful fights, and sees another girl with
her hands all over her boyfriend. Furious, Kara leaves to take a drive, and, as
she's crossing an intersection, a car comes out of nowhere and slams into
the driver's side of Kara's car.
When Kara wakes up, she has no memory of the night before. Where is she? Why are her parents crying? And, most importantly -- why can't she feel her legs? As Kara is forced to adjust to her new life, where her friends aren't who they seemed to be and her once-adoring boyfriend is mysteriously absent, she starts to realize that what matters in life isn't what happens to you -- it's the choices you make and the people you love.
Co-written by "Push Girls" star Chelsie Hill, whose real life closely mirrors Kara's experience, this novel will open the eyes of readers everywhere who have never met someone who lives with paralysis.
When Kara wakes up, she has no memory of the night before. Where is she? Why are her parents crying? And, most importantly -- why can't she feel her legs? As Kara is forced to adjust to her new life, where her friends aren't who they seemed to be and her once-adoring boyfriend is mysteriously absent, she starts to realize that what matters in life isn't what happens to you -- it's the choices you make and the people you love.
Co-written by "Push Girls" star Chelsie Hill, whose real life closely mirrors Kara's experience, this novel will open the eyes of readers everywhere who have never met someone who lives with paralysis.
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