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Across the Floor

Across the Floor

Natasha Deen (Author) See More (11)
CELA Library
NNELS Library
Lo
Sports & Recreation | Performing Arts
Football , Dance
Orca Book Publishers
4 - 7
9 - 12
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EPUB [reflow]
9781459809222
$7.99 CAD
English
08/30/2016

PDF [Fixed Format]
9781459809215
$7.99 CAD
English
08/30/2016

Paperback
9781459809208
$9.95 CAD
English
08/30/2016

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Description


Luc Waldon always figured he knew what his passion was: football.

Luc lives it, he breathes it—and he thinks he has what it takes to go all the way to the NFL. So when his football coach orders him to sign up for contemporary-dance classes to improve his game, Luc's less than thrilled. When he realizes that dance might actually be his true passion, he faces a tough decision. Is he willing to leave behind the field and a real shot at professional sports, and disappoint his parents, his coach and his teammates, in order to pursue a new dream?

This short novel is a high-interest, low-reading level book for middle-grade readers who are building reading skills, want a quick read or say they don’t like to read! The epub edition of this title is fully accessible.

Natasha Deen

Author Bio


Natasha Deen is a best-selling and award-winning Guyanese-Canadian author, with books for children, young adults, and adults. She is a recipient of the Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Medal. Her novel In the Key of Nira Ghani won the Amy Mathers Teen Book Award. Her works have also been nominated for the OLA Forest of Reading Red Maple Award, R. Ross Annett Award, Sunburst Award, Crime Writers of Canada Awards of Excellence, and Alberta Readers’ Choice Award. Natasha teaches in the Creative Writing Program with the University of Toronto’s School of Continuing Studies and lives in Edmonton, Alberta.

Prizes


  • CCBC Best Books for Kids & Teens, starred selectionCommended 2017

Review Quotes


"Luc is flawed though self-aware enough to be identified with."  — Resource Links
"Deen is clearly in her element writing about dance, and every leg extension and muscle strain feels achingly authentic, as does Luc's initial cluelessness, providing readers with an excellent introduction to dance terminology...racial and sexual diversity is seamlessly integrated into the text...sure to satisfy beginners and seasoned dancers longing to relive those first steps that made them love the craft."  — Kirkus Reviews

Biographical note


Award-winning author Natasha Deen has written everything from creative nonfiction to YA and adult fiction. She was the inaugural 2013 Regional Writer in Residence for the Metro Edmonton Library Federation. Her first book for Orca was Burned, in the Retribution series. Natasha lives in Edmonton, Alberta