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Dancing Naked: A Novel

Dancing Naked: A Novel

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Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Wow.....
Review: Amazing! I didn't think that the time would come when I would ever cry about a book...but now I realize that my time is now! This book is unbelievable. The characters are so real and the ideas and feelings are all there! A very good read!

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: to dance naked.... is to be carefree
Review: dont be misguided by the title. THis book had a very good meaning behind it. I loved this book and suggest that all teen girls give it a chance. It starts off a little slow but once it picked up i couldnt put it down. THe story of kia is awesome. PLEASE READ!!!

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Wow
Review: I loved this book!I loved how Kia knew she couldn't keep the baby but wanted to so much. Kia knew it was a girl from the start and didn't listen to any possibilities that it might be a boy. I didn't pick this book up for a couple of days because I had the stomach flu and the book seemed really nasty but I'm so glad I did. I read half of the book in one afternoon-evening. I also loved how at the beginning of most chapters it showed what week she was in and the development of the baby. You have to read this book, otherwise your missing out.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Dancing Naked
Review: I really enjoyed Dancing Naked because its about acceptance and survival. Accepting what Kia is going though. This is acceptance because some of her friends won't accept who she is once she gets pregnant. In the story her school friends won't hang out with her and won't invite her to hang out with them or go to parties. Kia's youth group is there for her the whole way and her leader goes through the parent classes with Kia. Derek is the guy who got her pregnant. He is learning how to accept what Kia does with the child. He had to accept it because she did not do what he wanted her to do. I think it would be really hard having your boyfriend mad at you for making the right choice. He wanted her to get an abortion but she decides to put the baby up for adoption. An example of the theme survival is that people are helping Kia with her decisions. Some of the people who are helping her with her decisions are the Doc's, her parents and her priest from church. These people are helping her by talking to her about what her options are and what will happen in the future if she keeps the child. Her parents have confidence in her that she will make the right choice. I think that would be a hard part because it's your choice to do abortion, adoption, or to keep the child. It would be really hard for her because she's only 17 years old. Kia survives what she had chosen at the end of the book. I think it would be the hardest thing to make the decision whether you put it up for adoption, keep it or have an abortion. I would recommend this book to others if they like a little suspense.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Straightforward and Thoughtful
Review: Kia Hazelwood comes to a terrifying and life-changing realization at the beginning of this story-she's pregnant. Once a seemingly perfect daughter, she now has to deal with a reality that few other sixteen-year-olds have to. Her unsupportive boyfriend wants her to get an abortion, yet Kia refuses. At times, it seems that her friends have all but disappeared and she only has the support of her loyal youth pastor, Justin. Yet despite the painful times she goes through, Kia learns poweful lessons through her pregnancy.

The best thing about "Dancing Naked" is that within the first pages it plunges you right into the thick of the situation. The prose is clear and straightforward and the subject matter is intelligently explored without being melodramatic. Readers will definitely appreciate the sweet and realistic character of Kia, and her decision not to have an abortion, yet not to condemn others for chosing that option, is uniquely thought-provoking. Futhermore, the way that "Dancing Naked" alternates between pieces of Kia's journal, her emails to Justin, and third person prose makes for a reading experience that holds your attention.

Overall, a solid choice for any teenage girl. Occasionally, I felt the characters to be slightly caricaturized and simplified-the outrageously unsupportive boyfriend and completely flaky friends, for example. However, the other strengths of "Dancing Naked" all but outweigh this flaw. Readers who are interested in this novel should also investigate Ruth Pennebaker's "Don't Think Twice."

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Awesome....
Review: My granddaughter had read this and said "Grandma, you just have to read this!" which I did - without stopping. I shed some very heartfelt tears...it is an excellent book.

Rating: 2 stars
Summary: Not worth it
Review: This book is just too contrived and cliched, the dialogue and the prose are stilted and unnatural. Try Don't Think Twice by Ruth Pennebaker, which is a much better, more in-depth book about a teenage pregnancy. A fourth-grader could have written this.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Dancing Naked
Review: This book is the best...I was walking around in the library hyper and then i read a cover; Dancing Naked. Laughing I read the back. It seemed interesting. For the characters in the book had so much in common with me; besides the fact that she's pregnant. I really felt the connection with her feelings. If you just want a good read you should read this book. I got so hooked, i read it in one day. SHhH don't tell anyone bhut i loved the book so much that I never returned the book from the LIBRARY

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Dancing Naked
Review: This book is the best...I was walking around in the library hyper and then i read a cover; Dancing Naked. Laughing I read the back. It seemed interesting. For the characters in the book had so much in common with me; besides the fact that she's pregnant. I really felt the connection with her feelings. If you just want a good read you should read this book. I got so hooked, i read it in one day. SHhH don't tell anyone bhut i loved the book so much that I never returned the book from the LIBRARY

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: inspiring
Review: This book was so very good i could not even put it down. it holds such a strong message in the end and leaves you in tears and thinking! I gave me a whole diffrent look upon things! i suggest it to all teens specially girls who are mayebe feeling down. but anyone can read it!


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