Second Position

Four years ago, Zedekiah (Zed) Harrow and Alyona (Aly) Miller were rising stars in the Philadelphia Ballet. A near-fatal car accident changed their lives. Zed lost his leg, effectively ending his dancing career. The two lost touch and haven’t seen each other since that day. Four years later, Aly is the principal dancer of the

The Walls Around Us

There’s been a lot of excitement leading up to the release of Nova Ren Suma’s latest young adult book, The Walls Around Us. It’s been out for almost a full week now, and I’ve been seeing more and more blurbs claiming that the book is this year’s “Orange is the New Black Swan.” Well…yes and

The Painted Girls

Set in Belle Époque Paris, The Painted Girls was inspired by the lives of the Van Goethem sisters. Antoinette, Marie, and Charlotte already lived in poverty before their father’s sudden death, but now they can’t rely on their alcoholic mother to make ends meet, and the girls must find a way to earn some wages.

The Cranes Dance

Kate Crane is a talented twenty-three-year-old soloist at a prestigious New York City ballet company. As she dances her part in Swan Lake one night, she throws her neck out and must dance the rest of the show in pain. So begins Kate’s downward spiral for the remainder of the ballet season: her neck injury