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Welcome to the Aim High Teen Book Club! We are off to a fresh start, August 2007. Please post suggestions for books and authors that you would like to see on the book list. ~ Check the blog postings to find out how the Book Club works, the current book list, the Book Review Rating System, prizes, and to post your book reviews. * For more info contact Michelle at studentcenter@aimhigh.org. ~This is a new Aim High adventure so your suggestions and input are welcome! Happy Reading!
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Parvavti is a gifted and talented young girl. She has the inspiration to want to dance, but her frightened mother is scared. She is inspired by a sandlewood carving of Shiva made by her father, who died. As a child, parvavti was hated by her aunt. Incidentally, the day she was born, a big flood occured, and her house was washed away. Her father died.
Parvavti was teased as a child by her cousin and his friends. Even when she was little, she heard the chords of music fan out from around her.
One day, Parvavti made sure that her mother wasn't around and danced on fire. Her mother was frightened when she got back, but when she checked Parvavti's feet, they were not burned at all.
One day, the guru came to their house that was shared with her aunt and uncle. He wanted to take in Parvavti as his student after hearing about her throught in the village. When she meets the other students, they were prideful and envious of her. In class when they were to exercise face expression and movements, her body was so well coordinated that even her teacher stared. The other girls stopped talking to her, all except for Nalini.
Nalini meets a man at the marketplace. He turns out to be a thief who helped the poor. He stole Nalini away and Parvavti is put into private classes with the Guru. She also stops wearing a half-sari and wears a full one.
On her first stage performance, she forgot everything. So she let her body guide her as she was in rythm with the beautiful chords of music. As she finished, the whole auditorium was silent, and came the thunderous applause of the audience. She was then asked to dance at the Raja's palace.
She goes home to her mother and family for a week. She was very happy, but while doing laundry, the son of Raja asked her to call him Rama. They then get into a conversation.
As she goes into the palace to prepare for her performance, Rama tells her that the storm that killed her father was caused by him. So they are even closer and she thinks that she will never stay as a dancer forever.
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