Appelt, Kathi. Kissing Tennessee and Other Stories from the Stardust Dance. 2000. 118p. ISBN 978-1-415-53656-8. SC APP on the library shelves.
Kissing Tennessee tells a story from the perspective of different 8th graders attending the Stardust Dance, the formal dance on the last night of the school year. From conflicted teenagers dealing with major issues to the lighter who’s attracted to who, these well-written stories read quickly and demonstrate that one never knows what others are thinking.
In Dance with Me, Tim Hernandez really wants to dance with Lucy, but he’s too afraid to ask her. Rachel’s Sister, Mary, recounts how she and her sister escaped from her fundamentalist and abusive father and how she now enjoys looking beautiful. Russ Mills dances with Brooke but wishes he was getting Just a Kiss, Annie P. In Starbears, Cub Tanner is attracted to Trent, and he must ask himself The Question. Becca wonders how she became the victim of an assault in The Right Word, while Peggy Lee and Tennessee share a kiss in Kissing Tennessee. And at Midnight, the janitor will begin cleaning the cafeteria as the new graduates will go home and start their summer vacation.
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