Newly released "House of Dance" Takes Readers for a Spin on the Dance Floor of Love and Life
Beth Kephart, a top YA Amazon 2007 Novelist releases "House of Dance".
New York, NY (PRWEB) May 22, 2008 -- "House of Dance" (Harper Teen, May 2008) a powerful celebration of dance, life, and the people we love who make our living worthwhile. This is the latest work from the award-winning memoirist and poet, Beth Kephart, who received rave critical and reader reviews for her first YA novel, "Undercover". "Undercover" was named a top book of the year by Amazon, Kirkus, School Library Journal, and others.
"House of Dance" introduces Rosie Keith in the summer of her fifteenth year. With her father long gone and her mother distracted by an ill-advised love affair, Rosie has taken on the care of a taciturn grandfather who faces the final stage of cancer. Soon Rosie is daily traveling across town to her grandfather's house, where she helps him place the things that matter most to him "In Trust" and slowly accepts a Spanish nurse as part of her eclectic family. Over time Rosie learns her grandfather's story - what he has loved, what he has lost, and how music and motion have lived within him. But like colors, memories fade. When Rosie stumbles up on a dance studio on the corner of town she finds a way to restore the source of her grandfather's greatest joy.
Ms. Kephart's popular blog on writing, narrative fiction, and poetry can be found at http://www.beth-kephart.blogspot.com.
A "Family Circle" June Tween Pick, HOUSE OF DANCE also received this starred review from Kirkus:
Kirkus Review, May 1, 2008
Starred Review
HOUSE OF DANCE
Beth Kephart
HarperTeen: Laura Geringer Books
"Like Kephart's first offering for young adults, Undercover (2007), what stands out in this introspective novel is the sheer loveliness of its prose."She had the longest tail I'd ever seenon a cat and pointy espionage ears, and she was all possession and presumption, guarding Granddad, who was asleep on the couch." At once airy and languid, the sparse dialogue complements the lush descriptions of summer in the city. This is a beautifully told yet very quiet, small story. (Fiction. YA)".
Ms. Kephart was recently interviewed about "House of Dance" Em's Bookshelf at http://emsbookshelf.blogspot.com/2008/05/house-of-dance-interview-and-contest-to.html.
Please visit the HarperTeen site for First Look reviews here - http://tinyurl.com/63yz2q.
For review copies or interviews please contact Nettie Hartsock, Hartsock Communications - nettie AT nettiehartsock.com, 512-396-1067.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Beth Kephart is the award-winning author of nine books and the winner of a Pew Fellowships in the Arts grant as well as the 2005 Speakeasy Poetry Prize. A National Book Award finalist, Kephart's work has appeared in the New York Times, Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, and Salon.com. She is a partner in Fusion Communications, volunteers with Dancing Classrooms Philly as a photographer and judge, and is herself a ballroom dancer.
House of Dance
By Beth Kephart
Hardcover: 272 pages
Publisher: HarperTeen (May 27, 2008)
Pub. Date: May, 2008
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