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By Kathryn Lasky
Welcome to 19th century Paris, and the world of Degas's dancers. 13-year-old Sylvie is one of the pupils at the Paris Opera Ballet, where tutus must always be starched and pointed shoes fresh. Sylvie dreams of being a prima ballerina, but her height is a problem: she is too little. When the Franco-Prussian war begins in 1870, Paris is soon under siege and Sylvie is thrown into turmoil and tragedy. Against the fiery backdrop of war, the beauty of the ballet sustains and strengthens Sylvie. Before long, her talent and drive allows her to achieve her goal--and she graces the stage as a star.
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Sylvie looked at her mother. Her face was white. Her black eyes blazed. Why had Chantal baited her like this? Sylive had known since she was little not to speak about her mother’s time at the ballet. It always made her mother very sad to talk about her own dancing. She had become a member of the corps but then, for reasons she never really explained, had to leave suddenly.
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