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Venkatraman, Padma

A Time to Dance

312 pp. | Penguin/Paulsen | May, 2014 | Trade ISBN 978-0-399-25710-0 $17.99
(2) YA This free-verse novel set in contemporary India stars Veda, a teenage Bharatanatyam dancer. After a tragic accident, one of Veda's legs must be amputated below the knee. Veda tries a series of customized prosthetic legs, determined to return to dancing as soon as possible. Brief lines, powerful images, and motifs of sound communicate Veda's struggle to accept her changed body.
Reviewer: Katie Bircher | Horn Book Magazine Issue: July, 2014

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