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  • Published: 1 February 2010
  • ISBN: 9781742530277
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 300

Dancing in the Dark



A dramatic and moving story about a girl who follows her dream, and finds herself questioning everything she believes in.

He tossed her into the air as if she were weightless, and just for a moment she seemed suspended there, defying gravity. I couldn't take my eyes off her. I knew what she was feeling. It was in every movement of every limb.
Here was a power I had never seen before, a kind of haunting loveliness I had never imagined. Seeing it made me long for something, I didn't know what . . .
Ditty was born to dance, but she was also born Jewish. When her strictly religious parents won't let her take ballet lessons, Ditty starts to dance in secret. But for how long can she keep her two worlds apart? And at what cost?
A dramatic and moving story about a girl who follows her dream, and finds herself questioning everything she believes in.

  • Published: 1 February 2010
  • ISBN: 9781742530277
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 300

About the author

Robyn Bavati

Robyn Bavati was born and raised in Melbourne but lived much of her adult life in Israel before returning to Australia in 1999. She has run English conversation classes for non-native-speakers, taught creative dance in schools and worked as a shiatsu therapist.

Robyn's published work includes feature articles and humorous anecdotes for Israeli magazines and newspapers and the Australian Jewish News, as well as an award-winning short story. Her popular first novel Dancing in the Dark was a CBCA Nobable Book in 2011. She lives in Melbourne with her family.

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