Threading through it all is the importance of the arts as a vehicle to get through tough times. Diamond's story, though, with elements of suspense and sexual horror, is the more interesting of the two, and listeners will find themselves impatient to get back to her ordeal, which is depicted frankly but with sensitivity. Draper Book Genre:Abuse, Contemporary, Fiction, Mystery, Realistic Fiction, Thriller, Young Adult Series Detail: ISBN 9781442408968 ASIN 1442408960 Edition Language:English Date of Publication:MaPDF / EPUB File Name:Panic-SharonMDraper.pdf, Panic-SharonMDraper. She has received the Coretta Scott King Award for both Copper Sun and Forged by Fire and was awarded the Charlotte Huck Award for Stella by Starlight. Full Book Name:Panic Author Name:Sharon M. Edwards Award honoring her significant and lasting contribution to writing for teens.

The other dancers face tough situations, from relationship conflicts to a parent returning home after a long incarceration. Draper is a three-time New York Times bestselling author and a recipient of the Margaret A. While the four main characters alternate narration, this is really a two-sided story: Diamond's story of abduction and exploitation, and the everyday concerns her friends face back home. As it turns out, Diamond has been lured by a sexual predator dangling the promise of a movie audition and finds herself in a dire situation. When Diamond disappears during a routine trip to the mall, the close-knit group is thrown into emotional turmoil that mounts as the days go by. Author Sharon Draper Narrator Cherise Boothe Audible release date DecemLanguage English Publisher Recorded Books ASIN B00H3E1J7E Version Unabridged Program Type Audiobook See all details Read & Listen Switch between reading the Kindle book & listening to the Audible narration with Whispersync for Voice. Each of them - Diamond, Layla, Mercedes and Justin, the only boy in the group - has a different reason to dance, but they all want to earn a role in the upcoming production of Peter Pan. The Crystal Pointe Dance Academy is a refuge for the group of students who take classes and participate in dance recitals. As rehearsals begin for the ballet version of Peter Pan, the teenaged members of an Ohio dance troupe lose their focus when one of their own goes missing.

Panic by Sharon M. Draper