02127cam a2200433 4500 759876830 TxAuBib 20220218120000.0 210504s2022||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2021008255 9781534495821 hbk. $19.99 1534495827 hbk. $19.99 (OCoLC)1251737863 NJQ/DLC eng rda DLC OCLCO OCLCF ON8 SDG TXG TxGR TxAuBib Smith, Joy L., author. Turning [Book] / Joy L. Smith. First edition. New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2022. 342 pages ; 22 cm. "A Denene Millner Book.". 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. Grades 10-12. Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers. 20220218. African American teenagers Fiction. Ballet dancers Wounds and injuries Fiction. Dancers with disabilities Fiction. Falls (Accidents) Fiction. Secrecy Fiction. Mothers and daughters Fiction. Friendship Fiction. Ballet dancing Fiction. People with disabilities Fiction. Accidents Fiction. Secrets Fiction. African Americans Fiction. New York (N.Y) Fiction. Young adult fiction. RV8