Dancing, Suspended in Air
Schwartz, Johanna
Do you know what it's like to love to dance? More than anything?
It's 1959 and in a small town in New Hampshire, 12-year-old Jo is a diligent ballerina in Mrs. Evans's Saturday morning dance class. She dreams of becoming a professional ballerina, but isn't sure it's possible, due to a birth defect that resulted in a drooping eyelid.
Things only become worse when Jo's best friend, Laura, abandons her for another dancer, explaining that Jo isn't...