Seventeen-year-old Penny is a lead dancer at the Grande Teatro, a finishing school where she and eleven other young women are training to become the finest ballerinas in Italy. Tucked deep into the woods, the school is overseen by a mysterious and handsome young master who keeps the girls ensconced in the estate. But when flashes of memories of a life very different from the one she thinks she's been leading start to appear, Penny begins to question the world around her. With a kind and attractive kitchen boy, Cricket, at her side, Penny vows to escape the confines of her school and the strict rules she has to follow. But at every turn, the Master finds a way to stop her, and Penny must find a way to escape the school and uncover the secrets of her past before it's too late.
A ballerina falls in love with the kitchen boy at a mysterious boarding school in this gothic YA debut.About the AuthorNikki Katz is a managing editor and ex-rocket scientist living in sunny San Diego with her husband and three children. She has a BS in aerospace engineering, and The Midnight Dance is her debut novel.
Book InformationISBN 9781250188120
Author Nikki KatzFormat Paperback
Page Count 336
Imprint St Martin's PressPublisher St Martin's Press
Weight(grams) 288g
Dimensions(mm) 209mm * 138mm * 22mm