num_pages: 272
description: Marie van Goethem, a fourteen-year-old ballet dancer in the Paris Op_ra, has led a life of hardship and poverty. For her, dancing is the only joy to counter the pain inflicted by hunger, her mother's drinking, and her selfish older sister. When famed artist Edgar Degas demands Marie's presence in his studio, it appears that her life will be transformed: He will pay her to pose for a new sculpture, and he promises to make her a star. But will being Degas's model really bring Marie all she hopes for?
language: English
title: Marie, Dancing
titlecomplete: Marie, Dancing
characters: Marie van Goethem, Edgar Degas
genres: Fiction, France, Teen, Young Adult Historical Fiction, Young Adult, Historical, Romance, Historical Fiction, Art, Middle Grade
ratings_count: 1170
places: Paris
awards: awardedAt: 1199174400000
name: Rhode Island Teen Book Award
publisher: Clarion Books