Turning
eBook - ePub

Turning

  1. 384 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Turning

About this book

In this raw, searingly honest debut young adult novel, a former aspiring ballerina must confront her past in order to move forward from a devastating fall that leaves her without the use of her legs. Genie used to fouetté across the stage. Now the only thing she's turning are the wheels to her wheelchair. Genie was the star pupil at her exclusive New York dance school, with a bright future and endless possibilities before her. Now that the future she's spent years building toward has been snatched away, she can't stand to be reminded of it—even if it means isolating herself from her best friends and her mother. The only wish this Genie has is to be left alone.But then she meets Kyle, who also has a "used to be." Kyle used to tumble and flip on a gymnastics mat, but a traumatic brain injury has sent him to the same physical therapist that Genie sees. With Kyle's support, along with her best friend's insistence that Genie's time at the barre isn't over yet, Genie starts to see a new path—one where she doesn't have to be alone and she finally has the strength to heal from the past.But healing also means confronting. Confronting the booze her mother, a recovering alcoholic, has been hiding under the kitchen sink; the ex-boyfriend who was there the night of the fall and won't leave her alone; and Genie's biggest, most terrifying secret: the fact that the accident may not have been so accidental after all.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Dedication
  4. Chapter One: The Barre
  5. Chapter Two: On the Mag
  6. Chapter Three: Pas de Hell Nah
  7. Chapter Four: Magic
  8. Chapter Five: Deal
  9. Chapter Six: Hail of Genie
  10. Chapter Seven: Accidents Happen
  11. Chapter Eight: Stuck
  12. Chapter Nine: More Than Dance
  13. Chapter Ten: Lucky Me
  14. Chapter Eleven: Daddy
  15. Chapter Twelve: I Feel
  16. Chapter Thirteen: Jesus, Genie
  17. Chapter Fourteen: The Floor
  18. Chapter Fifteen: Banana Splits
  19. Chapter Sixteen: As You Wish
  20. Chapter Seventeen: Protecting
  21. Chapter Eighteen: The Other Genie
  22. Chapter Nineteen: Tricks
  23. Chapter Twenty: Back to the Barre
  24. Chapter Twenty-One: Everyone’s Magic
  25. Chapter Twenty-Two: Gentle Genie
  26. Chapter Twenty-Three: Selfish
  27. Chapter Twenty-Four: Magic Wanted
  28. Chapter Twenty-Five: Cygnets
  29. Chapter Twenty-Six: I’m So Sorry
  30. Chapter Twenty-Seven: Music Box
  31. Chapter Twenty-Eight: Black Swan
  32. Chapter Twenty-Nine: Nightmares Sleep
  33. Chapter Thirty: I, Genie Davis
  34. Chapter Thirty-One: Finale
  35. Acknowledgments
  36. About the Author
  37. Copyright