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Freestyle: A Graphic Novel

by Gale Galligan

Dance crew, new friendship, competing demands

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Dance crew, new friendship, competing demands

Cory’s dance crew is preparing for one last competition before its members head to different high schools across New York City. At the same time, trouble over his grades brings a tutor into Cory’s life—and an unexpected shared interest in yo-yo tricks pulls him away from dance practice. The story brings school, family expectations, friendship, and team commitment into the same middle-school crossroads, as Cory tries to decide how to give each part of his life attention. Presented as a graphic novel, it pairs a crew’s final competition with the changes and choices surrounding the end of eighth grade.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Kids ages 9–12 interested in graphic novels about school and friendship
  • Readers who enjoy stories involving dance crews and competition
  • Readers interested in balancing family, school, and extracurricular commitments

Themes

FriendshipFamily expectationsTeam commitmentSchool and extracurricular balanceTransition from middle school to high school

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Book overview

From New York Times bestselling author Gale Galligan, a fun, high-energy graphic novel about friendship, family, and the last hurrahs of middle school.

 

Cory's dance crew is getting ready for a major competition. It's the last one before they graduate eighth grade and go their separate ways to high schools all over New York City, so they have to make it count! The group starts to have problems as their crew captain gets increasingly intense about nailing the routine, and things go from bad to worse when Cory's parents ground him for not taking his grades seriously. He gets stuck with a new tutor, Sunna, who he dismisses as a boring nerd... until he catches her secretly practicing cool yo-yo tricks. Cory wants to learn the art of yo-yo, and as his friendship with Sunna grows, he ends up missing practice and bailing on his crew -- and they are not happy about it. With mounting pressure coming from all sides, how is Cory supposed to balance the expectations of his parents, school, dance, and his new friend?
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