The turning pointe / Vanessa L. Torres.
Material type:
TextPublisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, [2022]Copyright date: ©2022Edition: First editionDescription: 425 pages ; 22 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780593426135
- 0593426134
- 9780593426142
- 0593426142
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Dr. James Carlson Library | YA Fiction | TORRES, VANESSA | Available | 33111011027758 | ||||
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Main Library | YA Fiction | TORRES, VANESSA | Available | 33111010934483 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
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.
"In 1980s Minnesota, when auditions for a concert with Prince are announced, 16-year-old Rosa Dominguez, the daughter of a tyrant ballet master, is desperate to escape her pointe shoes and show everyone what she can do"-- Provided by publisher.
As the daughter of a tyrant ballet master, Rosa Dominguez 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. When Nikki-- the cross-dressing boy who works in the dance shop-- leaps into her life, Rosa is at a crossroads. Can she show everyone what she can do when freed of her pointe shoes? -- adapted from jacket.