Skating on Mars / Caroline Huntoon.
Material type: TextPublisher: New York : Feiwel & Friends, [2023]Copyright date: ©2023Edition: First editionDescription: 215 pages ; 21 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781250851871
- 1250851874
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book | Dr. James Carlson Library | Children's Fiction | HUNTOON CAROLINE | Available | 33111011063456 | ||||
Children's Book | Main Library | Children's Fiction | HUNTOON CAROLINE | Available | 33111011283625 | ||||
Children's Book | Northport Library | Children's Fiction | HUNTOON CAROLINE | Available | 33111009475993 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
A heartwarming debut from author Caroline Huntoon about a young figure skater discovering who they are on and off the ice.
Life isn't easy on twelve-year-old Mars. As if seventh grade isn't hard enough, Mars is also grappling with the recent death of their father and a realization they never got to share with him: they're nonbinary. But with their skates laced up and the ice under their feet, all of those struggles melt away. When Mars' triple toe loop draws the attention of a high school hot shot, he dares them to skate as a boy so the two can compete head-to-head. Unable to back down from a challenge, Mars accepts. But as competition draws near, the struggles of life off the rink start to complicate their performance in the rink, and Mars begins to second guess if there's a place for them on the ice at all.
Skating on Mars is a tender examination of grief and a hopeful middle grade tale of self-discovery.
"This timely, triumphant novel about figure skating, identity, loss, and love will move and entertain readers--and it might just inspire them to find their own ways to change the world. " --Laurie Morrison, author of Up for Air and Coming Up Short
Ages 8-12. Feiwel & Friends.
Grades 4-6. Feiwel & Friends.
Still coping with the death of their father, twelve-year-old Mars tries to figure out their place on and off the rink as they navigate being nonbinary in a traditionally gendered sport.