The Turning Pointe

By: Vanessa L. Torres

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Synopsis: A bold and emotionally gripping novel about a teenage Latinx girl finding freedom through dance and breaking expectations in 1980s Minnesota. When sixteen-year-old Rosa Dominguez pirouettes, she is poetry in pointe shoes. And as the daughter of a tyrant ballet Master, Rosa seems destined to become the star principal dancer of her studio. But Rosa would do anything for one hour in the dance studio upstairs where Prince, the Purple One himself, is in the house.After her father announces their upcoming auditions for a concert with Prince, Rosa is more determined than ever to succeed. Then Nikki--the cross-dressing, funky boy who works in the dance shop--leaps into her life. Weighed down by family expectations, Rosa is at a crossroads, desperate to escape so she can show everyone what she can do when freed of her pointe shoes. Now is her chance to break away from a life in tulle, grooving to that unmistakable Minneapolis sound reverberating through every bone in her body.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
Book Size:: 432 Pages
ISBN-13:: 9780593426159
Related ISBNs:: 9780593426135
Publisher:: Random House Children's Books
Date of Addition:: 02/22/22
Copyrighted By:: Vanessa L. Torres
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Entertainment, Teens, Art and Architecture, Literature and Fiction, Parenting and Family
Reading Age:: 12 and up
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.