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The Madman’s Daughter, by author Megan Shepherd and published at the end of January, is a science-fiction book about a surgeon pushing the boundaries of nature and science. Taking place in urban London in the late 1800s, it is Shepherd’s first novel.

The book contains vivid settings of bustling lower-class London and a deserted tropical island off the coast of Australia. Shepherd describes the settings in a very detailed and believable way, using lifelike language. She uses imagery to set an eerie tone that is present throughout the novel.

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Irish dancing, ballet, tap, jazz, and hip-hop, are some of the various types dances that students do as extra-curricular activities. There are also a wide range of reasons for those students who take dance classes.

Sophomore Rachel Hong Fong takes ballet classes twice a week to help her improve at her ice skating. Senior Jackie O’Neil does ballet as well but for different and more holistic reasons.

“[Ballet] is a way of expressing myself. I have also made a lot of friends and it’s a great form of exercise,” said O’Neil.

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