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Book Reviews of On Pointe
Book Review: On Pointe
Summary: 4 Stars
If you enjoy reading ballet books and stories about teens who go after their dreams, then On Pointe by Lorie Ann Grover is a great book for you. This book is for ages 8-12 to read and is written in the style of a long poem. Claire dreams to be a dancer in the city ballet company. She must move in with her grandpa because her family lives too far from the ballet company. Besides practicing all the time, she must give up her friends and watch what she eats. Does Claire have what it takes to make it into the company?Book Review: On Pointe
Summary: 5 Stars
i loved this book It is such easy reading it doesn't even feel like you are reading poems.Book Review: On Pointe
Summary: 5 Stars
This is definitely a book I would recommend to others. On Pointe by Lori Ann Grover is a wonderful and heartwarming book that made me want to read more about Ballet and Pointe because its just so interesting to read about. I could read her books any day. I gave this book a rating of 5 out of 5 because this book was well written and anyone could understand it even if they didn't take ballet or pointe. This book makes me want to put ballet and pointe shoes on even more, makes me want to dance more, and lastly it makes me want to have more passion and pride for ballet and pointe. If I were anyone else I would want to encourage them to read this wonderful and delightful book. This book teaches me only one thing, no matter how tall or small, thin or big, good or bad, that you are, you can still succeed at anything you put your mind to, and to just try and try and to never give up on anything.Book Review: Where the fun is
Summary: 4 Stars
Clare is a dancer. She wants to join the City Ballet, but she's taller than most professional dancers. Can she make it? If she can't, what will she do? On Pointe examines what happens when our dreams change. Clare begins the summer auditioning for the City Ballet, living with her grandfather, and chatting with her friend Rosella, who says negative things about their peers that make Clare uncomfortable. By the end of summer, Clare's perspective and priorities have undergone a dramatic shift.
Lorie Ann Grover's verse beautifully conveys the work, pain, and pride that come with being a dancer, as well as the self-consciousness and alienation we feel as our bodies change us from children to adults. Clare learns that our passions don't have to be our professions. This is a valuable lesson for anyone, but it is especially valuable for readers who are passionate about one art or another.
I would recommend On Pointe to fans of dance, poetry, or readers struggling to define themselves.
Book Review: Wonderful.
Summary: 5 Stars
The prose-ish style this book is written in works amazingly well: Grover finds a way to say so much in so few words.
While the family crisis that occurs later in the book is a little too convenient,I didn't find that it took away from the book as a whole.
As a dancer I think I appreciated this book more than the average reader. However, you definetely don't have to be a dancer to enjoy this book.
The characters' problems were a tad cliche (overbearing mother, anorexia, body issues, etc.), but Grover was able to find a happy medium and so all the characters feel very real.
Overall, a unique, short read.
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