Pointe
Penguin Young Readers Group · Print & ebook · August 4, 2015
A Young Adult pick for readers exploring Pointe.
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- Who it’s for
- Ballet ambition and difficult silences make for a tense, emotionally charged read.
- Themes
- Ballet ambition, Memories of abduction, Keeping a dangerous secret
- Genres
- Dance Stories for Teens, Mental Illness for Teens, Abuse & Trauma for Teens
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Speak meets Black Swan in this stunningly dramatic debut novel All that drama, plus pointe shoes? Yes, please: this is one book that’s bound to make a splash Theo is better now. She’s eating again, dating guys who are almost appropriate, and well on her way to becoming an elite ballet dancer. But when her oldest friend, Donovan, returns home after spending four long years with his kidnapper, Theo starts reliving memories about his abduction—and his abductor.
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Donovan isn’t talking about what happened, and even though Theo knows she didn’t do anything wrong, telling the truth would put everything she’s been living for at risk. But keeping quiet might be worse.
Grace Under Pressure
Ballet ambition and difficult silences make for a tense, emotionally charged read.
Come here for
- A dance-centered story with drama beyond the studio
- The strain of protecting hard-won hopes
Expect
- A sustained narrative about memory, silence, and risk
- Emotional intensity alongside ballet ambition
Where it sits
| Mental Illness for Teens | 50% |
|---|---|
| Dance Stories for Teens | 49% |
| Abuse & Trauma for Teens | 45% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Dance Stories for Teens
- Depression for Teens
- Surviving Sexual Abuse
- Authors
- Brandy Colbert
- Publisher
- Penguin Young Readers Group
- Published
- August 4, 2015
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Ballet ambition · Memories of abduction · Keeping a dangerous secret
- Reading lane
- Dance Stories for Teens