<DIV><B>NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE: <I>BIRDS OF PARADISE</I>, STARRING KRISTINE FROSETH AND DIANA SILVERS.</B><BR/><BR/> “A compulsively readable story. I was breathless and battling tears up until the very last stunning turns onstage and beyond. A dazzling, heart-wrenching debut.” —Nova Ren Suma, #1 <I>New York Times </I>bestselling author of <I>The Walls Around Us</I><BR/><BR/> Would you die for the Prize?<BR/><BR/> Best friends Marine Duval and Kate Sanders have trained since childhood at the Paris Opera Ballet School, where they’ve forged an inseparable bond through shared stories of family tragedies and a powerful love for dance. When the body of a student is found in the dorms just before the start of their final year, Marine and Kate begin to ask themselves how far they would go for the ultimate prize: to be named the one girl who will join the Opera’s prestigious corps de ballet. Would they cheat? Seduce the most talented boy i