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Dancing in the Storm

By Amie Darnell Specht and Shannon Hitchcock

By Amie Darnell Specht and Shannon Hitchcock

By Amie Darnell Specht and Shannon Hitchcock

By Amie Darnell Specht and Shannon Hitchcock

By Amie Darnell Specht and Shannon Hitchcock

By Amie Darnell Specht and Shannon Hitchcock

By Amie Darnell Specht and Shannon Hitchcock
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By Amie Darnell Specht and Shannon Hitchcock
Read by Cassandra Morris

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Feb 11, 2025 | ISBN 9780593619483 | Middle Grade (8-12)

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Feb 06, 2024 | 228 Minutes | Middle Grade (8-12)

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    About Dancing in the Storm

    In the tradition of Out of My Mind and Rules, and inspired by the co-author’s own life, this is a heartfelt, candid, and illuminating story of a girl learning to live fully with a rare genetic disorder.

    Kate’s life in Baton Rouge, full of friends and family, gymnastics and Girl Scouts, is just plain great. But then, at the age of twelve, she suddenly develops a mysterious shoulder pain that won’t go away . . . and that will change her life forever. It turns out that Kate has one of the rarest genetic disorders in the world, Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva. FOP causes bone to form in places in the body where it shouldn’t, and there’s no cure yet. Kate will need to learn how to live with this difficult new reality, helped by those close to her and by a new pen pal named Amie, who has been living with FOP for years.

    Drawing upon much of Amie Specht’s own experiences with FOP, she and esteemed novelist Shannon Hitchcock have created a poignant, eye-opening, and uplifting story of finding courage and joy in the face of adversity.

    About Dancing in the Storm

    In the tradition of Out of My Mind and Rules, and inspired by the co-author’s own life, this is a heartfelt, candid, and illuminating story of a girl learning to live fully with a rare genetic disorder.

    Kate’s life in Baton Rouge, full of friends and family, gymnastics and Girl Scouts, is just plain great. But then, at the age of twelve, she suddenly develops a mysterious shoulder pain that won’t go away . . . and that will change her life forever. It turns out that Kate has one of the rarest genetic disorders in the world, Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva. FOP causes bone to form in places in the body where it shouldn’t, and there’s no cure yet. Kate will need to learn how to live with this difficult new reality, helped by those close to her and by a new pen pal named Amie, who has been living with FOP for years.

    Drawing upon much of Amie Specht’s own experiences with FOP, she and esteemed novelist Shannon Hitchcock have created a poignant, eye-opening, and uplifting story of finding courage and joy in the face of adversity.

    About Dancing in the Storm

    In the tradition of Out of My Mind and Rules, and inspired by the co-author’s own life, this is a heartfelt, candid, and illuminating story of a girl learning to live fully with a rare genetic disorder.

    Kate’s life in Baton Rouge, full of friends and family, gymnastics and Girl Scouts, is just plain great. But then, at the age of twelve, she suddenly develops a mysterious shoulder pain that won’t go away . . . and that will change her life forever. It turns out that Kate has one of the rarest genetic disorders in the world, Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva. FOP causes bone to form in places in the body where it shouldn’t, and there’s no cure yet. Kate will need to learn how to live with this difficult new reality, helped by those close to her and by a new pen pal named Amie, who has been living with FOP for years.

    Drawing upon much of Amie Specht’s own experiences with FOP, she and esteemed novelist Shannon Hitchcock have created a poignant, eye-opening, and uplifting story of finding courage and joy in the face of adversity.

    About Dancing in the Storm

    In the tradition of Out of My Mind and Rules, and inspired by the co-author’s own life, this is a heartfelt, candid, and illuminating story of a girl learning to live fully with a rare genetic disorder.

    Kate’s life in Baton Rouge, full of friends and family, gymnastics and Girl Scouts, is just plain great. But then, at the age of twelve, she suddenly develops a mysterious shoulder pain that won’t go away . . . and that will change her life forever. It turns out that Kate has one of the rarest genetic disorders in the world, Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva. FOP causes bone to form in places in the body where it shouldn’t, and there’s no cure yet. Kate will need to learn how to live with this difficult new reality, helped by those close to her and by a new pen pal named Amie, who has been living with FOP for years.

    Drawing upon much of Amie Specht’s own experiences with FOP, she and esteemed novelist Shannon Hitchcock have created a poignant, eye-opening, and uplifting story of finding courage and joy in the face of adversity.

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    Product Details

    Category: Children’s Middle Grade Books

    Paperback | $8.99
    Published by Rocky Pond Books
    Feb 11, 2025 | 224 Pages | 5-1/16 x 7-3/4 | Middle Grade (8-12) | ISBN 9780593619483

    Category: Children’s Middle Grade Books

    Hardcover | $17.99
    Published by Rocky Pond Books
    Feb 06, 2024 | 224 Pages | 5-1/2 x 8-1/4 | Middle Grade (8-12) | ISBN 9780593619469

    Category: Children’s Middle Grade Books

    Ebook | $10.99
    Published by Rocky Pond Books
    Feb 06, 2024 | 224 Pages | Middle Grade (8-12) | ISBN 9780593619476

    Category: Audiobooks | Children’s Middle Grade Books

    Audiobook Download | $15.00
    Published by Listening Library
    Feb 06, 2024 | 228 Minutes | Middle Grade (8-12) | ISBN 9780593824788

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    Praise

    “Kate’s fear, loss, and anger are vividlyportrayed, and others’ awkward or ableist reactions ring painfully true.” —Kirkus Review

    “In this empathetic novel of loss, resilience, and joy, Shannon Hitchcock Arnie Dranell Specht deftly balance Kate’s diagnosis with middle school drama, creating a deeply relatable telling in which community support and anopenness to change lead to Kate’s hopeful visions of a brighter future.”
    —Publishers Weekly

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