Annotation: Siena grows from a tiny dancer to her debut performance on stage with the New York City Ballet. In 1970, her dream becomes a reality while Siena discovers herself.
Justification for Nomination:
A teenage girl could certainly resonate with the many life successions in "To Dance". Siena shows her development in Ballet and her life from the time she was six years old to eighteen years old. Siegel's writing style is very matter of fact and stays on topic. She shows expression in peoples faces and the dialogue is easy to follow from image to image.
Siena overcomes some of her adversities throughout her life and purges forward to grasp at her dream, the dream of a lifetime. At first the doctor tells her she has flat feet and she will never dance. Her mother is very supportive of her decision to try anyway. In spite of her parents continued arguing, their divorce, and moving back and forth from San Juan, Puerto Rico to Boston and to New York several times, she adapts quit well. Siena buries herself in her dance so she will not have to be in a home with no peace.
Siegel uses vibrant colors, chronological organization, and easy readability in her criteria. This is an inspiring graphic novel for any child or teenager who has dream of their own.
Genre: A Robert F. Siebert Honor Book, multicultural, coming of age, search for identity.
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