Turning, Joy L. Smith
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Turning, Joy L. Smith
Language
eng
Index
no index present
resource.interestGradeLevel
Grades 10 to 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
Creator
Subject
- Secrets -- Young adult fiction
- Ballet dancers + Wounds and injuries -- Young adult fiction
- African Americans -- Young adult fiction
- People with disabilities -- Young adult fiction
- Ballet dancing -- Young adult fiction
- New York (N.Y.) -- Young adult fiction
- Secrecy -- Young adult fiction
- African American teenagers -- Young adult fiction
- Dancers with disabilities -- Young adult fiction
- Falls (Accidents) -- Young adult fiction
- Accidents -- Young adult fiction
- Friendship -- Young adult fiction
- Mothers and daughters -- Young adult fiction
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- Secrets -- Young adult fiction
- Ballet dancers + Wounds and injuries -- Young adult fiction
- African Americans -- Young adult fiction
- People with disabilities -- Young adult fiction
- Ballet dancing -- Young adult fiction
- New York (N.Y.) -- Young adult fiction
- Secrecy -- Young adult fiction
- African American teenagers -- Young adult fiction
- Dancers with disabilities -- Young adult fiction
- Falls (Accidents) -- Young adult fiction
- Accidents -- Young adult fiction
- Friendship -- Young adult fiction
- Mothers and daughters -- Young adult fiction
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- Author1
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