num_pages: 250
description: Kia is sixteen and pregnant. Her world crumbles as she attempts to come to terms with the life growing inside her and what she must do. Initially convinced that abortion is her only option, Kia comes to understand that for her, the answers are not always black and white. As the pregnancy progresses, Kia discovers who her real friends are and where their loyalties lie. It is through her relationship with the elderly Grace that she learns what it means to take responsibility for one's life and the joy that can come from trusting oneself. Faced with the most difficult decision of her life, Kia learns that the path to adulthood is not the easily navigable trail she once thought, but a twisting labyrinth where every turn produces a new array of choices, and where the journey is often undertaken alone.
language: English
title: Dancing Naked
titlecomplete: Dancing Naked
genres: Teen, Young Adult, Read For School, Contemporary, Fiction, Canada, Realistic Fiction
ratings_count: 683
awards: awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: White Pine Award
publisher: Orca Book Publishers