Someday Dancer

Someday Dancer by Rubin, Sarah. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780545393782.

A ballerina tale with a thoroughly modern twist! Casey Quinn has got more grace in her pinkie toe than all those prissy ballet-school girls put together, even if youd never guess it from the looks of her too-long legs and dirty high-top sneakers. Its 1959, and freckle-faced Casey lives in the red-dust countryside of South Carolina. Shes a farm girl: Her family cant afford ballet lessons. But Caseys dream is to dance in New York City. And if anyone tries to stand in her way, shes going to pirouette and jeté right over them! Caseys got the grit, and Caseys got the grace: Is that enough to make it in Manhattan someday? Or might the Big Apple have something even better in mind? When she meets a visionary choreographer she calls "Miss Martha," Caseys ballerina dream takes a thoroughly, thrillingly modern twist!