Dancing in the Storm
$35.86
- Hardcover
224 pages
- Release Date
12 March 2024
Summary
In the tradition of Out of My Mind and Rules, and inspired by the co-author’s own life, this is a heartfelt, candid, and illuminating story of a girl learning to live fully with a rare genetic disorder.
Kate’s life in Baton Rouge, full of friends and family, gymnastics and Girl Scouts, is just plain great. But then, at the age of twelve, she suddenly develops a mysterious shoulder pain that won’t go away … and that will change her life forever. It turns out that Kate…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780593619469 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0593619463 |
| Author: | Amie Darnell Specht, Shannon Hitchcock |
| Publisher: | Penguin Young Readers |
| Imprint: | Penguin Young Readers |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 224 |
| Release Date: | 12 March 2024 |
| Weight: | 329g |
| Dimensions: | 216mm x 146mm x 21mm |
What They're Saying
Critics Review
“Kate’s fear, loss, and anger are vividlyportrayed, and others’ awkward or ableist reactions ring painfully true.” —Kirkus Review
“In this empathetic novel of loss, resilience, and joy, Shannon Hitchcock and Amie Darnell Specht deftly balance Kate’s diagnosis with middle school drama, creating a deeply relatable telling in which community support and anopenness to change lead to Kate’s hopeful visions of a brighter future.”
—Publishers Weekly
About The Author
Amie Darnell Specht
Amie Darnell Specht works in tech support for a large computer company. She and her husband live in North Carolina with their many pets. She has Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva (FOP), one of the rarest genetic disorders in the world, and this, her first novel, is heavily influenced by her own story.
Shannon Hitchcock was born and still lives in North Carolina and grew up in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains. She is the author of four previous middle-grade novels, and her acclaimed books have been featured on many state award lists.
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