Turning, Joy L. Smith
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Creator
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Subject
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- African American teenagers -- Juvenile fiction
- Mothers and daughters -- Fiction
- Mothers and daughters -- Juvenile fiction
- Secrecy -- Juvenile fiction
- Fiction
- Young adult fiction
- Secrets -- Fiction
- Dancers with disabilities -- Juvenile fiction
- Friendship -- Juvenile fiction
- New York (N.Y.) -- Juvenile fiction
- YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Social Themes / Emotions & Feelings
- Ballet dancing -- Fiction
- People with disabilities -- Fiction
- Ballet dancers + Wounds and injuries -- Juvenile fiction
- Young adult fiction
- Friendship -- Fiction
- New York (N.Y.) -- Fiction
- YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Performing Arts / Dance
- Accidents -- Fiction
- African Americans -- Fiction
- Falls (Accidents) -- Juvenile fiction
- YOUNG ADULT FICTION / People & Places / United States / African American & Black
Content
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Author
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Other version
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Label
Turning, Joy L. Smith
Language
eng
Index
no index present
Intended audience
Grades 10-12, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Literary form
fiction
Main title
Turning
Oclc number
1251737863
Responsibility statement
Joy L. Smith
Summary
Before the "accident" Genie was an aspiring ballerina, a star pupil at her exclusive New York dance school, now she is a bitter teenager, permanently confined to a wheelchair, shutting herself off from her friends, her beloved teacher, and even her mother; but at physical therapy she meets Kyle, a gymnast whose traumatic brain injury has landed him in therapy--and through their growing friendship Genie realizes that she has to confront the things around her: like the booze her mother is hiding, or the fact that maybe her fall was not entirely accidental
Target audience
adolescent
Incoming Resources
- Has instance2