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Girl on Pointe

by Miriam Landis

Ambition and belonging in the ballet world

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Ambition and belonging in the ballet world

After leaving an elite New York ballet school, 18-year-old Anna Forester starts her dance career in Los Angeles. The shift from student to professional brings her into a company community shaped by the demands of ballet and by the influence of its artistic director. As that world becomes central to Anna’s life, distance grows between her and her college-age peers. The book examines the pull of artistic ambition alongside the desire for acceptance, with professional ballet as the setting for Anna’s transition into adulthood.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Teens and young adults interested in stories about the transition from school to a professional career.
  • Readers curious about ballet, dance companies, and the pressures of pursuing an art form.
  • Those interested in young adult fiction about ambition, community, and belonging.

Themes

Ballet and artistic ambitionThe transition from student to professionalBelonging and social distanceComing of age

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Book overview

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.

"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

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