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More About This Title Dancing with Elvis
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It's 1956, and ever since she and her mother rescued Angel Musseldorf from her abusive parents, Frankilee Baxter has been miserable. In addition to being more pretty, popular, and talented than Frankilee, Angel moves in, steals Frankilee's clothing, and begins dating the boy Frankilee likes. At the same time, Frankilee's community is struggling with the issue of school integration.
What keeps Frankilee going is her fantasy about Elvis Presley rescuing her from life in Clover, Texas. But this restless teenager is a realist and doesn't wait around for things to get worse. She devises a plan to get rid of Angel, begins a local Elvis fan club, and works to promote integration. What Frankilee doesn't bargain for is becoming involved in a burglary, an elaborate kidnapping scheme, and a shooting.
With humor and heart, Dancing with Elvis tells of one young woman's coming of age in the South during a time of change in America's history.
What keeps Frankilee going is her fantasy about Elvis Presley rescuing her from life in Clover, Texas. But this restless teenager is a realist and doesn't wait around for things to get worse. She devises a plan to get rid of Angel, begins a local Elvis fan club, and works to promote integration. What Frankilee doesn't bargain for is becoming involved in a burglary, an elaborate kidnapping scheme, and a shooting.
With humor and heart, Dancing with Elvis tells of one young woman's coming of age in the South during a time of change in America's history.
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Lynda Stephenson grew up in a small town in Texas and nowlives with her husband and her cat, Elvis, in Edmond,Oklahoma. Dancing with Elvis began as a short story,but Lynda decided to ?stick with Frankilee and see herthrough her troubles.? The result is her first publishednovel.
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AWARDS and RECOGNITIONSOklahoma Center for the Book, Oklahoma Book Awards, Finalist (2006)
ForeWord Magazine Book of the Year Awards, Finalist, Young Adult Fiction (2006)
International Reading Association, Children's Book Award Notable (2006)
Delta Kappa Gamma Society International, Gamma State Young Author's Award (2007)
Book Sense, Children's Picks, Winter 2005/2006
New York Public Library, Books for the Teen Age List
Kirkus Reviews"Voice and characterization are superb, with many scenes that beg to be read aloud. . . A fine first novel and an author to watch." Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books (Big Picture, starred review)
"With its quirky individuality and passionate humanity, this is an unforgettable picture of this time, place, and girl." Booklist
"Stephenson sets this ambitious first novel . . . against complicated questions of black-white relationships during the early days of school integration. . . This debut won't be easily forgotten." Publishers Weekly
"This debut novel set in the 1950s has a strong Southern flavor and a feisty, foul-mouthed heroine, who will have readers alternately laughing and sympathizing with her torment caused by a not-so-temporary houseguest. . . Charming, sharp-edged and tragic." School Library Journal
"Stephenson has packed this novel with enough action to keep readers from putting it down. . . A good coming-of-age story." San Antonio Express-News
"Totally delightful, engaging, and worthwhile." VOYA
"Frankilee is a delight ? a feisty, impulsive and salty-tongued girl . . . "
ForeWord Magazine Book of the Year Awards, Finalist, Young Adult Fiction (2006)
International Reading Association, Children's Book Award Notable (2006)
Delta Kappa Gamma Society International, Gamma State Young Author's Award (2007)
Book Sense, Children's Picks, Winter 2005/2006
New York Public Library, Books for the Teen Age List
Kirkus Reviews"Voice and characterization are superb, with many scenes that beg to be read aloud. . . A fine first novel and an author to watch." Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books (Big Picture, starred review)
"With its quirky individuality and passionate humanity, this is an unforgettable picture of this time, place, and girl." Booklist
"Stephenson sets this ambitious first novel . . . against complicated questions of black-white relationships during the early days of school integration. . . This debut won't be easily forgotten." Publishers Weekly
"This debut novel set in the 1950s has a strong Southern flavor and a feisty, foul-mouthed heroine, who will have readers alternately laughing and sympathizing with her torment caused by a not-so-temporary houseguest. . . Charming, sharp-edged and tragic." School Library Journal
"Stephenson has packed this novel with enough action to keep readers from putting it down. . . A good coming-of-age story." San Antonio Express-News
"Totally delightful, engaging, and worthwhile." VOYA
"Frankilee is a delight ? a feisty, impulsive and salty-tongued girl . . . "
