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Sing If You Can't Dance

Alexia Casale

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English
Faber & Faber
10 October 2023
An entirely original and much needed authentic perspective from a teenager coming to terms with her disability as she's coming of age.

Ven has her future all planned out. Her dance group is going places and so is she . . . Then she passes out right in the middle of a life-changing performance. Andshe's forced to admit that she hasn't been feeling right for a while now . . .

Ven is about to discover she has an illness that threatens to ruin everything.

No more dancing . . . even walking is proving a challenge, and standing . . .

But don't you DARE feel sorry for her! Ven is no victim, and she is in chargehere. Sure, her future is going to be different . . . but that doesn't mean it'sover . . .

Because if you can't dance, you can always sing!

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Imprint:   Faber & Faber
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Edition:   Main
Dimensions:   Height: 198mm,  Width: 129mm,  Spine: 20mm
Weight:   279g
ISBN:   9780571373802
ISBN 10:   0571373801
Pages:   336
Publication Date:  
Recommended Age:   From 12 years
Audience:   Young adult ,  Preschool (0-5)
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Alexia is a British-American author, dramaturg and writing consultant. After studying psychology at Cambridge University where she sang with a rock-gospel acapella choir, she moved to New York and worked on the Tony-award-winning 2004 Broadway revival of La Cage aux Folles. Her debut UK novel, The Bone Dragon was shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize and was also a Book of the Year for the Financial Times and the Independent.

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