Dance Like No One's Watching
By (Author) Vanessa Jones
Pan Macmillan
Macmillan Children's Books
27th July 2021
15th April 2021
United Kingdom
Young Adult
Fiction
Childrens / Teenage fiction: School stories
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Family and home stories
Childrens / Teenage general interest: Drama and performing arts
Childrens / Teenage personal and social topics: Self-awareness and self-esteem
Childrens / Teenage personal and social topics: Death and grief
Childrens / Teenage personal and social topics: Eating disorders and body image
Childrens / Teenage personal and social topics: LGBTQ+
823.92
Paperback
352
252g
The show must go on. It's back to show business as usual at Duke's Academy of Performing Arts. Things are finally working out for Nettie, with her voice restored, her gorgeous boyfriend, Fletch, by her side and the lead role in the college musical. That is, until Fletch is offered the opportunity of a lifetime miles away from London and a TV company invades Dukes, pitting Nettie against old enemy Jade Upton and pulling her friends apart. As she tries to juggle the impossible pressure to perform and following her heart, Nettie discovers secrets about her mother that make her question everything she ever knew. Will Fletch come back Will the stage ever feel like home And will she ever find out the truth about her mother Nettie is determined to find out. Dance Like No One's Watching by Vanessa Jones will show that Nettie is not helpless, and we'd better listen.
I loved this book, for its freshness, fun and unique voice. * Armadillo on Sing Like No One's Listening *
Vanessa Jones was born and raised in Kent. After training at Laine Theatre Arts, she went on to be a Musical Theatre actor in West End shows, including Sister Act, Grease, Guys and Dolls, Annie Get Your Gun and Mary Poppins, where she met (and married!) a fellow chimney sweep. She now lives in East Sussex with her sweep and their two children. Sing Like No One's Listening was her first YA novel.