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Dancing on the Edge

Han Nolan

Paperback | Pages: 272 pages

Rating: 3.87 | 1511 Users | 191 Reviews

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Original Title:	Dancing on the Edge
ISBN:	0152058842 (ISBN13: 9780152058845)
Edition Language:	English
Literary Awards:	National Book Award for Young People's Literature (1997)

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Miracle McCloy comes from an unusual family: Her father, Dane is a prodigy who published his first book at age thirteen; her grandmother, Gigi, is clairvoyant; and her mother was dead when her "miracle" daughter was pulled from her womb. Having been raised according to a set of mystical rules and beliefs, Miracle is unable to cope in the real world. Lost in a desperate dance among lit candles, she sets herself afire and comes to in a hospital. There, a young psychiatrist helps her navigate her painful struggle to take charge of her life.     Includes a reader's guide and an interview with the author.

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Title	:	Dancing on the Edge
Author	:	Han Nolan
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Anniversary Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 272 pages
Published	:	March 1st 2007 by HMH Books for Young Readers (first published October 1st 1997)
Categories	:	Young Adult. Fiction. Realistic Fiction. Mental Health. Mental Illness

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I loved this book so much!!! Though I thought that it was kind of negative, but considering what the main character went through I can understand. I feel like if I were to read this book again when I am older I would understand more of the metaphors and true meaning of this book. I am not saying that I didn't understand it, or it wasn't clear. All I got was the basic storyline without the true message.Dancing on the Edge had a lot of description. It truly painted the picture for you in your

"There's always light after the dark. You have to go through that dark place to get to it, but it's there, waiting for you. It's like riding on a train through a dark tunnel. If you get so scared you jump off in the middle of the ride, then you're there, in the tunnel, stuck in the dark. You have to ride the train all the way to the end of the ride." Dr DeAngelis, Dancing on the Edge, P. 210 The style of this book is so unusual that it's hard for me to completely get a grasp on it. Living



Heart wrenchingly alone teenage girl gets a family. Han Nolan writes pure misery like no one else.

I read this as a young adult and it has stayed with me. I think I will be picking it up again soon

Miracle's mom died when she was born, yet Miracle is alive--hence her name. Miracle's grandmother calls forth the spirits, and one night when she does so, Miracle's dad disappears. Gigi (Miracle's grandmother) claims that her dad melted, and Miracle believes her. Miracle also begins to believe that she is a nobody, and soon she finds herself on her way to discover that she is someone--a very special someone.When I first started to read this book, I thought it was a little strange, but now that I

When I first started this book, I thought, this is ridiculous. This book is so stupid. I kept reading it and thought. Wow. This is powerful stuff. It's a book of lies, half-truths and trying to find out who you are through the lies.Miracle is told over and over how she survived being pulled from the body of a dead woman, but there's so much she hasn't been told, so much she can only feel about her birth. She really just wants to be a normal healthy child, so this book is about her finding her