Seventh Grade Tango

By Elizabeth Levy

Book Overview

A humorous look at the latest trend in gym class -- and the nation swing dancing, told in Liz Levy's on-the-mark voice.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 078680498X
• ISBN13: 9780786804986
• Release Date: March 2000
• Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 0.8" x 5.8"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7

Customer Reviews

Maybe it's not as well know as Harry Potter..

Maybe its not as well known as Harry Potter, or War and Peace, or Romeo and Juliet. But its definitly as good! Seventh Grade Tango is about a girl, she has a best friend who is a boy and their class is forced to do ballroom dancing. She gets paired with...oops. I shouldnt say...just trust me though. READ IT!

I WANT TO DANCE!!! Adria Shmidt

I loved this book. It has romance and dancing. If you want ot read about a middle school that takin over by dancing, than read this book.[....]

this is a great book

I Loved this book, it gives the reader strong emotions while they are reading. the reading will think this book is good!read it and you will love it!

I loved It!

This is my favorite book it, unlike most books shows what real 7th graders actually go through. This bok inspired me to take ballroom dancing lessons, and it did the same 4 my friend who recomended the book 2 me, so i just wanted 2 recamend it to you!

An excellent portrayal of adjustment!

As the title suggests, this book is about doing the Tango, but in more ways that one. Rebecca, who's thoughts and emotions are well portrayed, has to face growing up and becoming a teenager. Suddenly her best friend Scott is weird, and her friend Samantha just wants to play "kissing games" at parties. Rebecca escapes with gym class, where they are doing a unit on dance, including swing and the tango. She is partnered with Scott, and they become a sensational dance team. Levy captures the uncertainty of seventh graders, while glorifying a sport that usually gets very little time in the spotlight: dance.