101 Ways to Dance
by Kathy Stinson
by Kathy Stinson
101 WAYS TO DANCE by Kathy Stinson
Category: Contemporary
Age Recommendation: Grades 9+
Release Date: 3/07
Publisher: Second Story Press
Reviewed by: Andie Z.
Rating: 5 Stars
101 WAYS TO DANCE is an amazing collection of short stories that each deal with a different aspect of teenage
sexuality. The stories vary in length and tone, covering a vast array of topics that include everything from teen pregnancies,
mental illness, and terminal cancer to struggling with coming out to friends and feeling inappropriate lust for cousins.
As is bound to happen with a collection, there were certain stories that I enjoyed more than others, but each one is brilliant
in its own way. Some of my favorites include CHICKEN, which is less than two pages long and involves a game of
chicken between two teenagers in a church basement, and the title story, 101 WAYS TO DANCE, which is just that: a
very creative list of one-hundred-and-one ways to dance.
Kathy Stinson has created believable, likeable characters and realistic storylines that teenagers will be able to identify with,
even if they have not had similar experiences. Each story is a gem, a refreshing coming-of-age tale, and I would highly
encourage every teenager to go out and read this book, because it shows us that there truly are one-hundred-and-one
(and many, many more) ways to dance.
Category: Contemporary
Age Recommendation: Grades 9+
Release Date: 3/07
Publisher: Second Story Press
Reviewed by: Andie Z.
Rating: 5 Stars
101 WAYS TO DANCE is an amazing collection of short stories that each deal with a different aspect of teenage
sexuality. The stories vary in length and tone, covering a vast array of topics that include everything from teen pregnancies,
mental illness, and terminal cancer to struggling with coming out to friends and feeling inappropriate lust for cousins.
As is bound to happen with a collection, there were certain stories that I enjoyed more than others, but each one is brilliant
in its own way. Some of my favorites include CHICKEN, which is less than two pages long and involves a game of
chicken between two teenagers in a church basement, and the title story, 101 WAYS TO DANCE, which is just that: a
very creative list of one-hundred-and-one ways to dance.
Kathy Stinson has created believable, likeable characters and realistic storylines that teenagers will be able to identify with,
even if they have not had similar experiences. Each story is a gem, a refreshing coming-of-age tale, and I would highly
encourage every teenager to go out and read this book, because it shows us that there truly are one-hundred-and-one
(and many, many more) ways to dance.
