Rose Sees Red
Partly based on the author's own experiences at the famous Manhattan high school for the performing arts, this novel explores friendship, freedom, and the art of challenging convention.Set in New York in the 1980s, this story of two ballet dancers (one American, one Russian) recounts the...
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Partly based on the author's own experiences at the famous Manhattan high school for the performing arts, this novel explores friendship, freedom, and the art of challenging convention.Set in New York in the 1980s, this story of two ballet dancers (one American, one Russian) recounts the unforgettable night they spend in the city, and celebrates the friendship they form despite their cultural and political differences.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780545060790 (0545060796)
ASIN: 0545060796
Publish date: 2010-08-01
Publisher: Scholastic Press
Pages no: 208
Edition language: English
Summary: The year is 1982, the setting is New York, New York. Rose is in a black period. She loves ballet, but her lack of confidence holds her back, and her social life is in ruins because of her backstabbing ex-BFF. Then one night, the Soviet girl next door comes through her window and takes her o...
This turned out to be one of my favorite books that I have read this year. The words just rolled off the pages and into my brain. I have had this book sitting around since last June and wasn't prompted to read it until I saw Cecil Castellucci read from her entry in Geektastic about how not to act ...
I've really enjoyed some of Ms. Castellucci's previous books, but I was pretty disappointed by this one. It just screamed "I'M TEACHING YOU A VALUABLE LESSON ABOUT THE COMMONALITY OF HUMAN EXISTENCE" from beginning to end. There were some compelling bits, mostly having to do with Rose's internal con...
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