Spinning
(Graphic Novel)
Author
Published
New York : First Second, 2017.
Format
Graphic Novel
Edition
First edition.
Status
Port Angeles - YA Graphic Novels
YA GN WALDEN Till
1 available
YA GN WALDEN Till
1 available
Copies
Location | Call Number | Status |
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Port Angeles - YA Graphic Novels | YA GN WALDEN Till | Shelving Cart |
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Subjects
LC Subjects
Autobiographical comics.
Cartoonists -- Cartoons and comics.
Coming of age -- Cartoons and comics.
Coming out (Sexual orientation) -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Figure skaters -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Graphic novels.
Lesbian teenagers -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Walden, Tillie, -- 1996-.
Women -- Biography -- Cartoons and comics.
Women figure skaters -- Cartoons and comics.
Young adult fiction.
Cartoonists -- Cartoons and comics.
Coming of age -- Cartoons and comics.
Coming out (Sexual orientation) -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Figure skaters -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Graphic novels.
Lesbian teenagers -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Walden, Tillie, -- 1996-.
Women -- Biography -- Cartoons and comics.
Women figure skaters -- Cartoons and comics.
Young adult fiction.
More Details
Published
New York : First Second, 2017.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
395 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Accelerated Reader
UG
Level 3.1, 1 Points
Level 3.1, 1 Points
Notes
General Note
Chiefly illustrations.
Description
Ignatz Award winner Tillie Walden's powerful graphic memoir captures what it's like to come of age, come out, and come to terms with leaving behind everything you used to know. It was the same every morning. Wake up, grab the ice skates, and head to the rink while the world was still dark. Weekends were spent in glitter and tights at competitions. Perform. Smile. And do it again. She was good. She won. And she hated it. For ten years, figure skating was Tillie Walden's life. She woke before dawn for morning lessons, went straight to group practice after school, and spent weekends competing at ice rinks across the state. Skating was a central piece of her identity, her safe haven from the stress of school, bullies, and family. But as she switched schools, got into art, and fell in love with her first girlfriend, she began to question how the close-minded world of figure skating fit in with the rest of her life, and whether all the work was worth it given the reality: that she, and her friends on the team, were nowhere close to Olympic hopefuls. The more Tillie thought about it, the more Tillie realized she'd outgrown her passion--and she finally needed to find her own voice.