Sing If You Can't Dance

Name: Sing If You Can't Dance
Brand: Allen & Unwin
SKU: 9780571373802
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By Alexia Casale

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Sing If You Can't Dance by Alexia Casale is a compelling young adult novel exploring the journey of friendship, resilience, and self-discovery. The story follows a strong-willed protagonist who faces unexpected challenges that threaten her dreams. Through new friendships and understanding her true self, she learns to navigate her ambitions in the face of adversity.
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Format: Paperback / softback

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Sing If You Can't Dance

An entirely original and much needed authentic perspective from a teenager coming to terms with her disability as she's coming of age.

An entirely original and much needed authentic perspective from a teenager coming to terms with her disability as she's coming of age.

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An entirely original and much-needed authentic perspective from a teenager coming to terms with her disability as she's coming of age.

Ven has her future all planned out. Her dance group is going places and so is she... Then she passes out right in the middle of a life-changing performance. And she's forced to admit that she hasn't been feeling right for a while now...

Ven is about to discover she has an illness that threatens to ruin everything. No more dancing... even walking is proving a challenge, and standing... But don't you DARE feel sorry for her! Ven is no victim, and she is in charge here. Sure, her future is going to be different... but that doesn't mean it's over...

Because if you can't dance, you can always sing!

Sing If You Can't Dance by Alexia Casale captures the resilient spirit of a young girl determined to find new ways to express herself despite the challenges she faces.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780571373802

Publisher: Faber & Faber

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 06 July 2023

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Faber & Faber

Edition: Main

Audience: Teenage

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 20.0mm

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 279g

Pages: 336

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Alexia Casale Children’s, Teenage and Educational Fiction Young Adult

About the Author

Alexia is a British-American author, dramaturg and writing consultant. After studying psychology at Cambridge University where she sang with a rock-gospel acapella choir, she moved to New York and worked on the Tony-award-winning 2004 Broadway revival of La Cage aux Folles. Her debut UK novel, The Bone Dragon was shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize and was also a Book of the Year for the Financial Times and the Independent.

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