A Time for Dancing (A Time for Dancing #1)

Reader reviewed by Krys

This book is about the anguish of a young girl who is diagnosised with cancer. her friend is there with her as she battles with the cancer...w/ out a cure.

I didn't read the entire thing, I couldn't finish the book...it was to sad....

Reader reviewed by muffin

Sam and Jules are dancers and have been best friends for over half thier lives. One day at their dance companies rehersal, Jules starts to get crippling pain in her hip and back. After seeing 13 different doctors who can't figure out what is wrong with her, she is refered to a specialist who diagnoses Jules with cancer. Jules life is turned upside down. Sam is lost without her "one and only".

This book is amazing, so well written, you can totally feel this girls pain and anguish. This really make you think about life and how every moment counts.

Reader reviewed by Jamie

Wow I just got done with this book and I was crying it's one of the best book I've read. San's best friend Julie has cancer which is only getting worst. Julie and sam are dancers but then Julie can't dance anymore and she also is starting to pull away from Sam since she can't go to school she stays home most of the day. This is a really good book and I think everyone should read it!

Reader reviewed by Amelie

I think this was an amazing book. it really gives everyone a chance to see what its like to have a terminal illness, a disease like cancer. I always thought that cancer probably wasnt as bad as it sounded and that the people with it were only weak before they died. boy, was I wrong. This book made me appreciate how brave people with such diseases are. I know that if I ever get it, I probably wont take it so well. It also shows what the family goes through, and more so her best friend Sam. I cried when I read this book.

Reader reviewed by F.W

this is the greatest book i have ever read in my life. At the end of the book i was bawling hysterically. this book teaches you to appreciate life and how hard it is for people to have dideases like cancer. how everything in your life falls apart when you are sick like that. really read this book and read it carefully.

Reader reviewed by Amanda

Sam and Jules have been best buds for quite a long time. They dance together, go to school together, and grow up together. But, suddenly, something is wrong with Jules. She’s in deep and horrific pain when she dances. She feels it even when she just moves. She won’t tell hardly anyone for awhile, but finally seeks help. Jules and her mother see dozens of professionals, but no one has an answer. That is, until Dr. Conner. Jules is diagnosed with diffuse histiocytic lymphoma. She begins chemotherapy immediately. Jules is nervous at first, but eases into the situation. Soon, she loses interest in dancing, life, and even Sam. For months, Sam is ignored, leaving her to a new boyfriend, friends, and dreading Jules. What would she say or do? Finally, Jules stops her chemotherapy because it pains her and others. The treatment doesn’t help her. Sam is hurting because Jules will certainly die. They haven’t been close for so long. What will she do? Dance. That is the answer I infer.


This novel is touching and sad. I almost cried from the chemotherapy. As Jules was administered upon, I felt the pain. It was horrible. I knew how she felt, for nearly two hours. This story is excellent. I recommend it for teenage girls, one, because of sadness. Two, I would give it a PG-13 rating for language and scary content.