Twelve-year-old CJ, an accomplished ballet student, struggles with her conflicting desires to continue her ballet study and please her mother or to quit ballet and finally be like all the other kids in school
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Grade 5-7-CJ Hurley never sits with her legs crossed. It works against her turn-out in dancing. Encouraged by her doting mother, the girl has been devoted to ballet for six years. Lately though, it seems her commitment to dance is causing her to miss crucial seventh-grade experiences such as the class apple-picking trip, soccer, and time at the pizza place with her crowd. CJ's struggle to decide how to please her mother, please her friends, and still please herself is the basis of this story. As she did in If You Only Knew (Scholastic, 1998), Vail gets her protagonist's voice just right. CJ is a complex and endearing character. Her close but changing relationship with her mother comes through in realistic dialogue. The book is small but thick with appealing cover art. The unusual format, quick plot, and true characterization will appeal to both reluctant and general readers.
Rebecca O'Connell, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, PA
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Hardback. Condition: Good. Best friends stick together in Rachel Vail's Friendship Ring series Growing up is never easy. But when things get tough, you can always count on your best friends. CJ, Olivia, Morgan and Zoe know one thing for sure: they'll always have each other CJ has been taking ballet for years. But doing ballet means lots of practice and missing out on stuff like soccer with her friends and the big seventh-grade field trip. On top of that, the friendship ring she bought with Zoe is causing trouble in the group. CJ is sure that quitting ballet will make things better with her friends, but it would devastate her mother. All CJ wants is a chance to be happy without hurting anyone else, but is that possible? Seller Inventory # CIN0590003275G
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