Frank Kelly's first novel reveals the heart of a father and grandfather. In Shadow Dancer Frank reveals his skill at plotting and character development as he exposes the emotional effects of love, abuse, abandonment, fame, illness, death--the emotions of life. This page-turner keeps the reader laughing and loving with Grandpa Nate and six-year-old Natty from California through Arizona and all the way to small-town New York. When it ended this reader could only sit in silence a few moments to recover. This is a powerful novel and will make a tremendous impact in film. I'll be watching for it and I'm anxiously awaiting Frank's next novel.