03490cam a2200757 i 4500 574956940 TxAuBib 20220707120000.0 211102s2022||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2021949937 9780593426135 trade 0593426134 trade 9780593426142 lib. bdg. 0593426142 lib. bdg. TxAuBib rda Torres, Vanessa L.,. The turning pointe / Vanessa L. Torres. First edition. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, [2022] ©2022. 425 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "In 1980s Minnesota, when auditions for a concert with Prince are announced, 16-year-old Rosa Dominguez, the daughter of a tyrant ballet master, is desperate to escape her pointe shoes and show everyone what she can do"-- Provided by publisher. As the daughter of a tyrant ballet master, Rosa Dominguez seems destined to become the star principal dancer of her studio. But Rosa would do anything for one hour in the dance studio upstairs where Prince, the Purple One himself, is in the house. After her father announces their upcoming auditions for a concert with Prince, Rosa is more determined than ever to succeed. When Nikki-- the cross-dressing boy who works in the dance shop-- leaps into her life, Rosa is at a crossroads. Can she show everyone what she can do when freed of her pointe shoes? -- adapted from jacket. 20220707. 1900-1999. Latin Americans Juvenile fiction. Latin Americans Fiction. Ballet dancers Juvenile fiction. Ballet dancers Fiction. Auditions Juvenile fiction. Auditions Fiction. Auditions Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse. Family problems Fiction. Hispanic Americans Juvenile fiction. Hispanic Americans Fiction. Young adult fiction. Latino-Américains Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse. Latino-Américains Romans, nouvelles, etc. Danseurs de ballet Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse. Américains d'origine latino-américaine Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse. YOUNG ADULT FICTION / People & Places / United States / Hispanic & Latino. YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Performing Arts / Dance. Auditions. Ballet dancers. Hispanic Americans. Latin Americans. Minneapolis (Minn) History 20th century Juvenile fiction. Minneapolis (Minn) History 20th century Fiction. Minnesota Juvenile fiction. Minnesota Fiction. Minnesota Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse. Minnesota. Minnesota Minneapolis. Fictional Work. YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Family / General (see also headings under Social Themes.) Fiction. History. Juvenile works. Novels. Young adult works. Novels. Romans.