Before the 'accident' Genie was an aspiring ballerina, a star pupil at her exclusive New York dance school, now she is a bitter teenager, permanently confined to a wheelchair, shutting herself off from her friends, her beloved teacher, and even her mother; but at physical therapy she meets Kyle, a gymnast whose traumatic brain injury has landed him in therapy--and through their growing friendship Genie realizes that she has to confront the things around her: like the booze her mother is hiding, or the fact that maybe her fall was not entirely accidental.
year: 2022
call number/section: 1000
subjects: african american teenagers, juvenile fiction, ballet dancers, wounds and injuries, dancers with disabilities, falls (accidents), secrecy, mothers and daughters, friendship, african americans, fiction, teenagers, people with disabilities, accidents, secrets, mothers-daughter relationship, new york (n.y.), juvenile fiction, fiction