Saint Vitus Dance CL

by Jill Rubalcaba

The tough and touching story of Melanie, whose mother has Huntington's chorea, and her coming to terms with her feelings about a cruel and tragic disease. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0395727685
• ISBN13: 9780395727683
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: Clarion Books
• Length: 103 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.8" x 8.5"
• Age Range: 9 to 14 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 9

Customer Reviews

Beautiful!

I recently reread Saint Vitus' Dance and it was as exquisite as the first time. No one writes like Ms. Rublacaba. The prose is beautiful and the portrayals of a stricken family are sensitive. Excellent!

One of my favorite books.

This is a very touching book that I will definitely read again and that I would recommend others my age read. It helped me understand how it would be to have a Mom with an incurable illness and how scary it would be. It's a sad book that left me thinking deeply about how I would feel if the same thing happened to me. I am 12 years old.

A moving portrait...

This beautifully written novel effectively introduces readers to a disease that is both devastating and widely misunderstood. Young Melanie, with her eloquent and honest voice, draws readers in by sharing what she sees and feels as she witnesses her mother's descent into Huntington's Chorea.