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Marli’s lost a lot, but it hasn’t kept her from being involved with life. In fact, it’s infused her with a sense of spontaneity that surprises even her.
There’s nothing left of the Mississippi homestead that Dad left to Marli and her sister, Ellie. But this gift is just the incentive for Marli to create an adventure which will draw in and take hold of her and her friends, and Ellie. Female camaraderie, with five pre-and-post-menopausal women, can have its ups and downs, especially with a long road trip and the unfamiliar territory that awaits them. The sisters and friends will come away from this time changed women.
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The Dance Centre Presents Copéllia
Book 3 of The Dance Centre Presents Series
Jack senses a growing lack of control as he grapples with an unreliable vehicle and conflicting emotions about girls while clinging to ballet-his anchor. Upon the arrival of a little sister, Julie withdraws into anime. As the studio rehearses Coppélia, the dancers find themselves mirroring the characters they play in their own lives. What will this mean-for each of them?
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The Dance Centre Presents The Nutcracker
Book 2 of The Dance Centre Presents Series
Rehearsals have barely begun for The Nutcracker when the ballet mistress’s home is threatened by wildfire. Will her nature-loving daughter, Brindle, find happiness again if she loses the rugged sanctuary of their beloved canyon? Meanwhile, Paige develops peculiar stomach symptoms which leave doctors perplexed. Amidst escalating and uncontrollable circumstances, can the tight-knit ballet family at The Dance Centre be able to rally and stage The Nutcracker?
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The Dance Centre Presents Giselle
Book 1 of The Dance Centre Presents Series
When the prima ballerina at The Dance Centre mysteriously vanishes, Randi, a high school sophomore, unexpectedly lands the lead and learns that the world of ballet is not always as glamorous as it appears onstage. She harbors severe self-doubts about her abilities to rise to the honor of her new role. And when she begins her pas de deux training with a boy, new and conflicting feelings and emotions surface which send her spiraling into panic mode. All the while, Deanne, a younger middle schooler, seizes opportunities to undermine her at every pirouette. Randi struggles to maintain her crucial focus, but what will happen if she doesn’t?
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2008 San Diego Book Award Finalist
The October 2003 Southern California wildfires destroyed nearly eight hundred thousand acres, 3,657 homes, and killed twenty-two people. In San Diego County, the Cedar Fire ravaged vast areas becoming the largest fire on the record in state history. Out of this federal disaster Chi Varnado and her family escaped with their lives from their canyon nestled in San Diego’s back country. She worked as owner-builder on a log cabin and was among the minority who managed to rebuild in a little over a year. She writes first-hand what life is like in a year of loss: first her mother and then their home in the canyon.
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2013 San Diego Book Award Finalist
THE TALE OF BROKEN TAIL A true story of how Gramaset and her granddaughter, Kali, rescued three baby squirrels and raised them until they were ready to live on their own.
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