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Dance for the Land
By McLaren, Clemence
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-68982-393-0
- Publisher
- New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, c1999.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on June 1, 1999
Gr 4-8 There is trouble in paradise for 12-year-old Kate. She resents having to move to Hawaii, leaving behind her best friend, dog, ballet troupe, and her picture-perfect home designed by her deceased mother. Although she and her 16-year-old brother are both half Hawaiian, dark-skinned David resembles her father and seems to blend in immediately. Fair Kate, who inherited her mothers looks, suddenly faces the racism in the Hawaiian culture that plagued her brother for years on the mainland. Torme...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
