First-String Future (Dancefutures) [Paperback]

Kat Corbett (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 18, 2000 | Series: Dancefutures (Book 1)

Tori Baylor is a dancer and an animal lover. Or is she an animal lover and a dancer? On the first day of school, she discovers that her class will dissect a frog this year, and she gathers her courage to tell the forbidding Mrs. Stengle she doesnt want to take part. The new science teachers rudeness comes as a shock, and Tori wishes she had a close friend to laugh it off with. Dance classes six days a week, however, leave little time for friends.Tori wonders if she should forget her dream of a ballet career and plan to work with animals instead. Her mothers arthritis is worsening, and Tori feels guilty seeing her limp off to work to pay for her lessons. Shed love to be an animal rights activist, if she could be brave enough. But not to dancehow could I bear it? she asks herself. Her mother, who once hoped to become a dancer, has always told Tori and her sister, Be sure to have a second string to your bow, meaning a second career choice. I do have two strings, Tori thinks, dance and animals. But which should be my first-string future?

Editorial Reviews

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I absolutely loved it! I felt as if I was there, at the performances. It's so much like my life, it's a little scary! -- Stacey, NC (Teen reviewer)

I especially liked when Tori choreographed her own dance. -- Miranda, NY (Teen reviewer)

I really liked the dance parts. I wish my parents would give me a dance studio! -- Amanda, FL (Teen reviewer)

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Be sure to visit my website at katcorbett.com. You can add your comments on this book, tell about your own first-string future, and even share your ideas for the next books in the series!

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 12 and up
  
• Paperback: 220 pages
• Publisher: iUniverse (October 18, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 059512738X
• ISBN-13: 978-0595127382
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.1 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,297,699 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars love it, March 31, 2010

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LibKat "book goddess" (Cape Cod, MA) - See all my reviews

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Love this series love this book I just wish she would write more and finish the series.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Inspirational Dance Dream., March 23, 2002

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Danielle L. Devor (Morgantown, WV USA) - See all my reviews
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The Dance Futures series, is one of the most inspirational series that I have read in a long time. I found the plight of Tori and her dreams of becoming a dancer throughtout many hardships a welcome change. I do not want to ruin the story, so I will not elaborate further. Honestly though, I am 25 years old and I am still rereading the series.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A MUST READ!!, June 29, 2001

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This review is from: First-String Future (Dancefutures) (Paperback)

From the moment you open this book, Tori sparkles with life. Her hopes, fears and joys are so real that you are drawn into her world. Torn between her dreams of becoming a dancer and an animal rights' activist, she comes up with resourceful ways to combine both worlds. In an age of high technology, it is refreshing to see a character who uses her imagination, personal resolve and ingenuity to solve her problems. The story is told with warmth and humor and is peopled with many interesting characters, including Cody, Toni's first love. She meets him when he tosses his jacket over her in a rainstorm: "I'm still shivering, but now it's not entirely from the cold and damp. One jacket stretched over two people makes a wonderfully small tent . . . My life has suddenly turned inside out like a windblown umbrella! I struggle for something intelligent to say." Tori manages to find her voice beautifully in this intelligently written, heartfelt book. Corbett is a writer with many strings to her bow.