An enthralling and complex tale about passion and the arts.
After graduating from an elite New York ballet school, 18-year-old Anna Forester moves across the country to begin her dance career in Los Angeles. Soon, she is drawn into the circle of her charismatic artistic director and the thrilling aura of company life. Her professional trajectory alienates Anna from her college-age peers, but the ballet community is an intoxicating place where she feels desperate to be accepted. Through Anna's eyes, the dance world comes alive in this unflinchingly honest portrait of a young woman in thrall to an uncompromising art form.
Praise for Girl on Pointe
“A lesson in the importance of self-knowledge. I recommend it in earnest.”
—Emily Kate Long, 4dancers.org
'Picks up where Girl in Motion left off, transitioning young Anna from student to professional, from girl to woman and everything that entails.'
—Mercer Island Patch
Aspiring artists—their grit, passion, and determination to achieve—are at the heart of this unforgettable novel.
Anna Forester is an intelligent and sensitive sixteen-year-old at the top of her local ballet school in Illinois. She arrives at the bottom of the prestigious School of Ballet New York in Manhattan, where she joins an elite group of teens who see themselves as the ballet stars of the next generation, racing to impress their famous teachers and win a coveted professional contract. Over the next two years, Anna’s struggles to navigate friendships with her rivals, stand out in a world dictated by conformity, and pursue her passions converge into a high-stakes portrait of a young dancer following their dreams.
Praise for Girl in Motion
'I couldn’t put down this novel about the ups and downs of life in a ballet boarding school.”
—Amanda Brice, author of Codename: Dancer
'Girl in Motion offers an inside view of professional dance training.'
—The Salt Lake Tribune
'If you want to know what it feels like to be a dancer in vocational training (from a fictional perspective), give this one a whirl.'
—BalletNews.co.uk
