Dancing on the Edge
Miracle McCloy has always known that there is something different about her: She was pulled from the womb of a dead woman--a “miracle” birth--and Gigi, her clairvoyant grandmother, expects Miracle to be a prodigy, much like Dane, the girl’s brooding novelist father. Having been raised according...
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Miracle McCloy has always known that there is something different about her: She was pulled from the womb of a dead woman--a “miracle” birth--and Gigi, her clairvoyant grandmother, expects Miracle to be a prodigy, much like Dane, the girl’s brooding novelist father. Having been raised according to a set of mystical rules and beliefs, Miracle is unable to cope in the real world. Lost in a desperate dance among lit candles, Miracle sets herself afire and is hospitalized. There Dr. DeAngelis, a young psychiatrist, helps her through her painful struggle to take charge of her life.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780152016487 (0152016481)
Publish date: October 1st 1997
Publisher: HMH Books for Young Readers
Pages no: 256
Edition language: English
Category:
Young Adult,
Childrens,
Teen,
Novels,
Realistic Fiction,
Middle Grade,
Family,
Contemporary,
Psychology,
Mental Health,
Mental Illness
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