Here’s the book I’m trying to find, and all I know about it.
It a boy who either gets lost or kidnapped, but the kidnappers find out that he’s a great dancer and start to make him perform dances in front of people and on stages. That’s really all I got – that’s not much, I know. Oh, and for some reason it stands out in my mind as a book that was very similar to “In A Dark Room and Other Scary Stories” by Alvin Schwartz — this was an illustrated kids book that was dark and strange.
That’s all I got.
Thank you! And good luck solving this mystery! I really really appreciate it.
Possibly The Slave Dancer by Paula Fox?