Dancing on the Edge Resources

Read synopses of Nolan's other books, learn some fun facts about where she gets her ideas, and look at embarrassing photos from her childhood.

Read Nolan's speech after winning the 1997 National Book Award for young adult literature.

Check out this review of Dancing on the Edge.

Watch a haunting student-made video trailer for Dancing on the Edge.

View a student's video summary project with imagined pictures of what the characters might have looked like. Do they match how you picture everyone?

Listen to one of Dane's favorite songs that serves as Miracle's backup music when she's dancing.

An actual photograph of Nolan in one of her college dance classes.

One of Han Nolan's professional author photographs, perhaps taken in her native state of Alabama.

The book cover for Dancing on the Edge includes one artist's interpretation of what Miracle looks like. Note Dane's bathrobe and the purple leotard.