A teenage ballet dancer struggles to find her next step, and her place in the world, in this exquisite graphic memoira follow-up to the Sibert Honorwinning To Dance.All her life, Siena has dreamed of being a ballerina. Her love of movement and dedication to the craft earned her a spot at the School of American Ballet, with hopes of becoming a member of George Balanchines world-famous New York City Ballet company. Siena has worked hard for many years to be a professional ballet dancer, but injury and doubt are starting to take their toll. Maybe its time to look beyond the world of dancebut Sienas whole identity has been shaped by ballet. When you have spent your entire life working toward something, how do you figure out what comes next? And how do you figure out who you are without the thing that defined you? This is a moving and beautifully drawn memoir of a dancer struggling to find her next stepand a young woman finding her true footing in the world.

 

 

This book is aimed at children at US 7th grade+.

This book has been graded for interest at 12 years.

There are 272 pages in this book.

It is aimed at Young Adult readers. The term Young Adult (YA) is used for books which have the following characteristics: (1) aimed at ages 12-18 years, US grades 7-12, UK school years 8-15, (2) around 50-75k words long, (3) main character is aged 12-18 years, (4) topics include self-reflection, internal conflict vs external, analyzing life and its meaning, (5) point of view is often in the first person, and (6) swearing, violence, romance and sexuality are allowed.

This book was published in 2022 by Simon & Schuster .

Siena Siegel is an author and former dancer who trained at the School of American Ballet. To Dance is her story.