A Time for Dancing (A Time for Dancing #1)

Reader reviewed by Lulu

This book was amazing. I cried like a baby towards the end. It was very inspiring as well though. Julie and Sam are best friends, inseperable, they both are dancers as well.Then Julie is diagnosed with cancer. That's when everything changes. She finds out she's terminal nothing can save her. She has to leave her dancing just when they were about to do this great performance, she has to leave school, and the worst part she needs to leave her bestfriend Sam and her family forever. Everything she goes through is in the book, hair loss, being always tired, losing alot of weight, all because of the chemo, but throughout the whole book Sam's always there for her. It's a beautiful book, anyone who has had someone in their life have cancer, or someone that has a friendship that's so strong , should defenetly read it. I loved it.

Reader reviewed by wwegurl

Juliana and Samantha have been friends since they were nine years old, both great dancers. They even belong to the same dancing company! But Juliana starts hurting when she dances, evn just doing every day things hurt her, so eventually she goes to the doctor and foe awile no doctor can figure out what is wrong with her. Then there is doctor conner. She tells Julie that she has Cancer. Julie can't believe it and Samantha also has trouble dealing. This book shows Julie's and Samantha's life while they deal with the cancer. They deal with broken hearts, new friends, jealousy, and when julie stops chemo therapy, her cancer spots keep growing bigger and in more spots.She ends up with a tumor on her brain and then goes into a coma. Samantha has to figure out how to say good bye to her best friend...before it is too late.

This book is awesome. You will want to keep turning pages, even through your tears. I would also recommend reading the sequel, The Farther You Run.

Reader reviewed by singer'n'actress

Who says two friends,Jules and Sam, have to live in two different worlds? These two girls are alike in so many ways and yet different in their own and unique way. Jules and Sam are great dancers together,in fact they have been dancing together since they were young! If their world was torn apart,What would they do?

Juliana and Samantha are sisters for eachother.They go to school,go to parties,and even talk about eachothers problems. During a dance class one day,Jules becomes hit with deep pain and is unable to move. So Sam and her mom are aware that something isn't right at all. So right then and there Juliana(Jules)stops going to dance class.
Jules and her mother have gone to almost every doctor-but even the doctors dont see anything out of the ordinary. When they actually find a doctor she provides more than enough information. Jules' world stops,but yet does anyone care? Her world stops when her mom,Dad,and herself sit in silence. Jules had a case of Diffuse histiocytic lymphoma..a type of cancer.

So the aggressive chemotherapy is put into effect. As months go by Sam is starting to wonder if her best friend will ever get better? How was she supposed to feel when her best friend had cancer?

FIND OUT IN THIS AMAZING STORY OF HEARTACHE,AND HOOKING STORY!!!

Reader reviewed by Ali

My mom was at the library and thought I would like this book because i am a dancer. I started reading it because i had nothing else to read and thought i would give it a try. It turned out being the best and most heartwarming book I have ever read and probably ever will read. This book made me cry, but think differently about many aspects of life.

Reader reviewed by Maxib5

Im only 14 but i read this book and i cried almost the whole way through! It is an amazing novel that should only be read if you have a box of tissues nearby because this wonderful story will have you intouch with the characters and makes you feel like your actually in the book and losing a friend yourself!Enjoy and make sure you have the time to read the whole story from cover to cover beause you wont want to put it down!

Reader reviewed by Callie

Sam and Jules have been best friends since they were nine, brought together by dancing. Now they are sixteen and still dancing, but with the troubles of school, guys and family with them. Jules hasn't been feeling good for some time and when she is diagnosed with cancer, her whole world is turned upside down. Jules goes to place where Sam can't follow her, and the two gradually start to pull apart. After having chemo, Jules is feeling strong enough to dance again and Sam and Jules get back their freindship. Then Jules learns that the cancer hasn't gone away, and she knows that she will die. Sam and Jules spend precious last minutes together, efore Sam is to go away on tour with the dance company. Just as they are about to board the plane, Sam gets the news that Jules has gone into a coma and will not wake up. Sam gets to the hospital in time to say goodbye to her one and only, before Jules dies. I loved this book so much, because it was really touching and really explored all the emotions people can feel. There was an especially big emotional climax when Sam finally lets Jules go, and i cried it was so powerful.

Reader reviewed by Leslie J. de la Rosa

Friends forever, friends for life, friends for all eternity not even death can separate us. In the case of Julie and Sam this might be true. Julie and Sam have been best friends since practically forever, they share a love for dancing in fact that's how they met at a dancing studio. Both girls are glued together, you cant see Julie without Sam being close behind or vise versa, but when during their junior year Julie gets diagnosed with cancer their plans for their future together is shattered in a dream of pain and loss. Slowly but surely everything starts to fall apart in Jules and Sam's life. Can their friendship last? Will the pain of enduring cancer be too much? I absolutely loved this book it showed me what true friendship was all about, since the book is narrated from both girls point of view, I got to experience to different worlds in one. This book is amazing, I recommend it to anyone, although I might warn you you’re in for real water works, I cried for like 30 minutes at the end its like you can feel the characters pain. Davida Wills Hurwin did a wonderful job with this book; it will touch your heart and take you through “A Time for Dancing”.

Reader reviewed by Ryss

The book A Time For Dancing, was truly one of the best books I have ever read. Its very likely to happen 2 anybody. It touched my heart and made me cry....its such a sad book. But it should show you a little bit of reality! After you read the book A Time For Dancing, Try reading the Book The Farther You Run by Davida Wills Hurwin..Its the sequel of A Time For Dancing. Its very good too!!

Reader reviewed by ALex

I read a lot of books, and this one really got to me. I thought about this book for a long time after I read it. This is the first book I actually sobbed! I think it was very well written and made you stop and think. Definently read The Farther You Run as well.

Reader reviewed by Shamyra

This book is absolutely amazing. I cried my eyes out when reading it. It is about a young girl who get cancer at the age of 16. Its really touching. The best part about it is the way Davida Herwin captured it. It's told in two different first perspectives, by the girl with cancer and her best friend. It shows that a disease like this effect everyone. If your don't tear up while reading this you are not human.