Homeroom Exercise

By Jana Striegel and Jana Strie

When eleven-year-old Regan begins to suffer from juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, she must face the possibility that her dream of being a professional dancer may never come true. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0823415791
• ISBN13: 9780823415793
• Release Date: July 2001
• Publisher: Holiday House
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.3" x 0.8" x 5.8"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7

Customer Reviews

A realistic story of adjustment and courage

Regan is determined to become a professional dancer: and with talent and flare she seems certain to achieve her goals, especially when she successfully hosts a weekly aerobic exercise program. Suddenly a mysterious ailment strikes down her dreams - in coping with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, will she become crippled and lose her dreams of dancing? A realistic story of adjustment and courage.

Wonderful and deeply felt story

Homeroom Exercise is a wonderful and deeply felt story about the hopes and desires of a young dancer and the obstacles put in her path by fate. Regan is a 12 year old with big goals of a dancing career. She is stricken with Juvenille Rheumatoid Arthritis at a time in her life where she is on top of the world and everything seems certain. She had just auditioned and won the coveted position as host of a televised middle school exercise program called Homeroom Exercise. Throughout the book the authors talent for description lends the book an authenticity of experience and feeling that take you right into each scene and into the heart of Regan. I recommend this book highly to all children over 9 and parents as well.