On Top of Glass: My Stories as a Queer Girl in Figure Skating Contributor(s): Manta, Karina (Author) |
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ISBN: 0593308468 ISBN-13: 9780593308462 Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: October 2021 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Young Adult Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography - Sports & Recreation - Young Adult Nonfiction | Lgbt - Young Adult Nonfiction | Social Topics - Eating Disorders & Body Image |
Dewey: B |
LCCN: 2020044001 |
Age Level: 13-17 |
Grade Level: 8-12 |
Lexile Measure: 880 |
Physical Information: 1.18" H x 5.75" W x 8.35" L (0.97 lbs) 336 pages |
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Publisher Description: An insightful memoir from a figure skating champion about her life as a bisexual professional athlete, perfect for readers of Fierce by Aly Raisman and Forward by Abby Wambach. Karina Manta has had a busy few years: Not only did she capture the hearts of many with her fan-favorite performance at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, she also became the first female figure skater on Team USA to come out as queer. Her Modern Love essay I Can't Hate My Body if I Love Hers was published in the New York Times, and then she joined the circus--Cirque du Soleil's on-ice show, AXEL. Karina's memoir covers these experiences and much more. Attending a high school with 4,000 students, you'd expect to know more than two openly gay students, but Karina didn't meet an out-lesbian until she was nearly seventeen--let alone any other kind of queer woman. But this isn't just a story about her queerness. It's also a story about her struggle with body image in a sport that prizes delicate femininity. It's a story about panic attacks, and first crushes, and all the crushes that followed, and it's a story about growing up, feeling different than everybody around her and then realizing that everyone else felt different too. |
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