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"A troupe of high school dance students is rocked
when one of their number disappears.
The Crystal Pointe Dance Academy is a refuge for the group of
students who take classes and participate in dance recitals. Each
of them—Diamond, Layla, Mercedes and Justin, the only boy in the
group—has a different reason to dance, but they all want to earn
a role in the upcoming production of Peter Pan. When Diamond
disappears during a routine trip to the mall, the close-knit
group is thrown into emotional turmoil that s as the days go
by. As it turns out, Diamond has been lured by a sexual predator
dangling the promise of a movie audition and finds herself in a
dire situation. While the four main characters alternate
narration, this is really a two-sided story: Diamond’s story of
abduction and exploitation, and the everyday concerns her friends
face back home. The other dancers face tough situations, from
relationship conflicts to a parent returning home after a long
incarceration. Diamond’s story, though, with elements of suspense
and sexual horror, is the more interesting of the two, and
readers will find themselves impatient to get back to her ordeal,
which is depicted frankly but with sensitivity. Threading through
it all is the importance of the arts as a vehicle to get through
tough times.
By turns pulse-pounding and inspiring." (Kirkus Reviews)
"Sharon M. Draper's PANIC is an outstanding book... [This is]
high-interest contemporary fiction -- a book that many readers
will gulp down in one evening. It is a story that addresses
important issues (like never getting into cars with strangers,
and never letting your high school boyfriend take photos of you
that you wouldn't want your parents to see). Thus, it is a book
that could quite likely save lives and reputations. Some astute
readers will recognize how these issues all relate to the
objectification of women in our culture. And it is for these
reasons that PANIC will be an important addition to middle school
and high school collections. With a little luck, there will be
lots of young adolescents who read it and learn the consequences
of risky behaviors -- without having to learn them the hard way."
(Richie Partington, MLIS Richie's Picks http://richiespicks.com)
* "Balances a suspenseful plot and the emotional growth of her
characters with ease and grace." (Shelf Awareness, starred
review)
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About the Author
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Sharon M. Draper is a New York Times bestselling
author and recipient of the Margaret A. Edwards Award honoring
her significant and lasting contribution to writing for teens.
She has received the Coretta Scott King Award for both Copper
Sun and Forged by Fire, and was most recently awarded the
Charlotte Huck Award for Stella by Starlight. Her novel Out of My
Mind has won multiple awards and was a New York Times bestseller
for over three years. She lives in Cincinnati, Ohio, where she
taught high school English for twenty-five years and was named
National Teacher of the Year. Visit her at SharonDraper.com.
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