In A Time for Dancing, by Davida Wills Hurwin, a sixteen-year-old girl named Jules struggles with fighting cancer, which ultimately shatters her dream of becoming a professional dancer and changes her views of life. When she feels pain in her lower back and hip at her dance rehearsals, she ignores it, thinking the pain is from repeating the same dance moves. However, when the pain grows worse, she turns pale green and her parents bring her to the hospital where she is told she is diagnosed with cancer. When Jules hears the "C-word" (62) come out of her doctor's mouth, she knows that her life is going to change forever. Dealing with cancer causes Jules to suffer from both physical and emotional pain. Physically, she does not have enough strength to continue dancing because the pain in her back and hip is unbearable. After she receives chemotherapy, she is "unable to function forÂ…days" (104), which leaves her exhausted, sleepy and unwilling to do anything. Being inactive......
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