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Hristine's latest novel, Ten Cents a Dance. Is now in paperback! It's 1941 Chicago, and fifteen-year-old Ruby Jacinski has dropped out of high school to support her family. Her dull factory job makes life one long dead end.until she meets neighborhood bad boy Paulie Suelze. Soon, Ruby learns how make money lots. For exclusive advance excerpts and contests, sign up below to receive Christine's newsletter! Oin the Mailing List! Into your Contacts or on your approved list in order to receive newsletters.
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TEN CENTS A DANCE. Top Ten Best Book for Young Adults, American Library Association. Blue Ribbon, Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books. Jefferson Cup Honor Book, Virginia Library Association. Finalist, 2008 Cybils Award for Young Adult Fiction. A mesmerizing look into a little-known world and era, Ten Cents a Dance. Is resplendent with soul-shaking jazz, killer '40s style, and the passions of a young generation on the eve of war. Ten Cents a Dance. Was released as an e-book for Sony reader. Ruby i...
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A Hepkitten's Guide to the War. Writing Lectures and Workshops for Adults. Writing Workshops for Kids. Hristine is a dynamic and enthusiastic speaker who loves connecting with audiences. She has given a variety of presentations to junior high, high school, adult, and senior groups at libraries, writers' conferences, book clubs, historical societies, and private groups, including:. Focus on Children and Young Adults Institute, Oregon State Library. Multnomah County Public Library. Cedar Mill Public Library.
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TEN CENTS A DANCE. Chicago, 1941: When her mother becomes too ill to work, fifteen-year-old Ruby Jacinski is forced to drop out of school to support her family. Soon, Ruby is getting paid to dance with lonely men. But secrets and bad boys are both hard to keep. When seventeen-year-old Tallulah Addy gets a frantic message from her best friend Maeve, she drops everythingincluding her own difficult familyand sets out from Oregon to rescue her. But a few days later it's Tallulah who needs help.
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TEN CENTS A DANCE. An ALA Top Ten Best Book for Young Adults. Hen her mother becomes too ill to work, fifteen-year-old Ruby Jacinski is forced to drop out of school to support her family. Soon, Ruby is getting paid to dance with lonely men. But secrets and bad boys are both hard to keep. Will have readers dancing in the aisles for its spirited, soul-searching heroine.". Site design and maintenance by xuni.com. All content 2006-2016, Christine Fletcher.
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Read Little Known Facts About Chris! I still remember my surprise when I found out other people had thought of it first. Heythat was MY idea! Original or not, though, it was what I wanted to be. Fast forward through a whole bunch of school, a few graduation ceremonies, and voilà! A veterinarian at last. Still reading everything I could get my hands on, although drawing had long since fallen by the wayside. And writing? The stale plot devices, the two-dimensional characters! Someone once asked me why peo...
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