{"product_id":"the-turning-pointe-vanessa-l-torres-9780593426142","title":"The Turning Pointe","description":"\u003cb\u003eA bold and emotionally gripping novel about a teenage Latinx girl finding freedom through dance and breaking expectations in 1980s Minnesota. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAfter 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Vanessa L. Torres\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0593426142\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780593426142\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/22\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 432\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Library Binding\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.70w x 1.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2021 pg. 258","brand":"Vanessa L. Torres","offers":[{"title":"Library Binding","offer_id":43993154781439,"sku":"9780593426142","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5ea9d1d1-a38a-425b-b48b-4fe854f886f3.jpg?v=1683322814","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-turning-pointe-vanessa-l-torres-9780593426142","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}