Tag: 1960s

Dancing to Freedom by Traci Hunter Abramson

Dancing to Freedom by Traci Hunter Abramson

Canada, 1960 Ballet is Katerina Petrova’s world. But when the stage lights go dim and the curtain closes, she is simply a young woman who is trapped. On tour with the Soviet Kirov Ballet in Canada, Katerina is watched day and night by her chaperones and ballet security. But no one realizes that her hotel balcony adjoins that of handsome Canadian hockey player Robert Marcell’s. […]

April 30, 2021 / 1 Comment
Fifteen-Sixteenths by Renae Weight Mackley

Fifteen-Sixteenths by Renae Weight Mackley

One girl’s civil war on civil rights could get her suspended from school. Being fifteen-sixteenths white shouldn’t matter. But in 1963, as a new girl at an all-white South Carolina high school, it does. Discovery of Charlotte’s mixed ancestry would mean her suspension—removing her from friends, a boyfriend, and her best chance for a drama scholarship. When Gran breaks her leg and moves in, Charlotte’s […]

April 1, 2020 / 0 Comments