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Summary: Excellant!
Review: I have read both 'if i should die before i wake' and now 'Dancing on the Edge' and to me Han Nolan is an wonderful author. Her characters are so real, you follow them right up to the crucial moments, you understand them. All I can say is read this book-- You won't regret it.
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Summary: The best book....
Review: I have read this book, knowing how the character, Miracle felt, every step of the way. This is a memorable book about her life, and how she grew up in a dysfuntional family. Her grandmother is a psychic, her dad a writer, and her mom is dead. Miracle was born from her dead mother. She was ran over by a truck, but Miracle still survived. Secrets and lies have been told between the family, not letting the girl know it. She loves to dance and wants to become something special. It's a realization for herself. I think anyone should read this book. It's a sad, but real kind of book that I'm very glad I bought. This is my favorite book of all time, and believe me, it's MUCH better than your average teen novel!
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Summary: The most interesting, but bizarre story I have ever read!
Review: I haven't read the whole book yet but I am almost done and I haven't put it down since I picked it up! If you like something interesting and extremely different from the usual stuff. It's so neat,there isn't really a way to describe it. I was reading all the young adult romances with the main characters dealing with the usual, two guys and which one to date?! Hmmmm. This was a great change and I'm glad I found it. After I'm done I think I will read Send Me Down A Miracle.
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Summary: wonderful
Review: i love this book! i like the "i'm nobody!" poem too, & i've felt exactly like miracle sometimes. "dancing on the edge" is one of my favorite books, you *have* to read it.
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Summary: Very Good Young Adult Book
Review: I thought Dancing On The Edge was a very good book even though I found it to be an easy read. This book did an excellent job showing how families keep secrets from each other and the ramifications this can have on the individuals and the family as a whole. It got across a very good point that "people see what they want to see and don't see what they don't want to see."The main character of this book, Miracle, was on a search not only for her father but also for truth, the truth about her and her family, which was hidden from her for so many years. One of the other characters in the book says to Miracle, "They're the truest, realest thing I know. You need that, I think. You're like me. You need the truth." She is absolutely right about what Miracle need in order to be happy.
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Summary: good
Review: i thought this book was really good, it was one of my favorites. it was so original, i've never read a book like it.
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Summary: Best piece of young adult fiction I have read this year!
Review: I was hooked with the first line! Han Nolan's characters are rich and detailed; often eccentric, but they still ring true. I have shared the book with my students, and they can't read it fast enough. They all agree this is the type of book they love to read. Each of us agrees that we can all find of piece of ourselves - from self-doubt and trying to fit in- to the dysfunctional , but well intentioned family members- in the novel. The only aspect of the book that I had a difficulty with was the event that led to Miracle's hospitalization. I felt that even though she was indeed troubled, the events were really not expected. But we all cheered for her in the end.
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Summary: Miracle
Review: In the land of reason, there is no superstition, but in the world of magic, there is no need for logic. Miracle, the main character, lives with her grandmother, Gigi, a seer and psychic, in a place where everything is ruled by auras, Ouja boards, and spectral figures. Born and pried from her dead mother, she is a miracle, the origin of her name. While Gigi loves to tell the miraculous story of her birth, Miracle despises hearing how extraordinary it was to be born from a dead person. After telling the story, Gigi contacts Miracle's mother, Sissy, using the Ouja board, where they are told that her father, Dane, is gone. Rushing into his study room, they see the room ablaze with Dane's clothes strewn on the floor. He melted. Miracle, orphaned, is forced to move to her grandpa's house. She tries to bind herself physically and mentally to her father by donning his burnt clothes. Miracle, considered a mockery to society, receives emotional abuse from her classmates, Aunt Casey, and grandmother. Her only release from the pain of the world is through dancing. Han Nolan begins the story by introducing it with Miracle's unlikely birth and reveals little more. However, little by little, tidbits are divulged as the real story begins to unravel. The truth behind Miracle's strange beliefs, the feud between Gigi and Granddaddy Opal, the truth about Aunt Casey, Sissy, and Gigi are gradually revealed. Although Miracle seems strange, you do not really question her mental capability. However, as she is taken away from Granddaddy Opal, the only person who accepted her as she was, and forced to live with Aunt Casey, you see her slowly fall apart to the point where she physically hurts herself. Her mental difficulties all links back to Gigi and her dad's supposed melting. The false world that Gigi built to protect herself from the truth about Dane entangles Miracle in its lies. As she seeks help with her aunt, Miracle begins to realize her true self and the truth about the world. Dancing on the Edge enraptures you with the story spoken from young Miracle's insecure, childish language. As you walk with her down the path of her troublesome life, feelings of sympathy, worry, and concern for Miracle rise. The beautiful story of a girl's struggles through life ends with her ability to break away from her grandmother's web of lies and to face the world with a new perspective.
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Summary: Miracle
Review: In the land of reason, there is no superstition, but in the world of magic, there is no need for logic. Miracle, the main character, lives with her grandmother, Gigi, a seer and psychic, in a place where everything is ruled by auras, Ouja boards, and spectral figures. Born and pried from her dead mother, she is a miracle, the origin of her name. While Gigi loves to tell the miraculous story of her birth, Miracle despises hearing how extraordinary it was to be born from a dead person. After telling the story, Gigi contacts Miracle's mother, Sissy, using the Ouja board, where they are told that her father, Dane, is gone. Rushing into his study room, they see the room ablaze with Dane's clothes strewn on the floor. He melted. Miracle, orphaned, is forced to move to her grandpa's house. She tries to bind herself physically and mentally to her father by donning his burnt clothes. Miracle, considered a mockery to society, receives emotional abuse from her classmates, Aunt Casey, and grandmother. Her only release from the pain of the world is through dancing. Han Nolan begins the story by introducing it with Miracle's unlikely birth and reveals little more. However, little by little, tidbits are divulged as the real story begins to unravel. The truth behind Miracle's strange beliefs, the feud between Gigi and Granddaddy Opal, the truth about Aunt Casey, Sissy, and Gigi are gradually revealed. Although Miracle seems strange, you do not really question her mental capability. However, as she is taken away from Granddaddy Opal, the only person who accepted her as she was, and forced to live with Aunt Casey, you see her slowly fall apart to the point where she physically hurts herself. Her mental difficulties all links back to Gigi and her dad's supposed melting. The false world that Gigi built to protect herself from the truth about Dane entangles Miracle in its lies. As she seeks help with her aunt, Miracle begins to realize her true self and the truth about the world. Dancing on the Edge enraptures you with the story spoken from young Miracle's insecure, childish language. As you walk with her down the path of her troublesome life, feelings of sympathy, worry, and concern for Miracle rise. The beautiful story of a girl's struggles through life ends with her ability to break away from her grandmother's web of lies and to face the world with a new perspective.
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Summary: Wonderful!
Review: Miracle McCloy got her name when she was born from the body of a dead woman and she hears the story all the time. But after her father's disappearance the story begins to bother her. As her granddaddy said, "If your mama was dead when you was born, then you was never born." Miracle becomes convinced that she doesn't exist, or shouldn't exist, and sets herself on fire to make sure she's real. The real story begins there. I loved the book. Told through the eyes of a young girl with astute observations and average intelligence, it's a compelling story. I'm not sure how I feel about Miracle's father. He abandoned her as easily as his cast-off bathrobe, but I can't bring myself to hate him. Perhaps because Miracle doesn't. On the whole, a great book. Very depressing though. Parts of it made me cry.
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