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Spinning / Tillie Walden.

Summary:

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.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781626729407
  • ISBN: 1626729409
  • ISBN: 9781626727724
  • ISBN: 1626727724
  • Physical Description: 395 pages : chiefly illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm
  • Edition: First edition
  • Publisher: New York : First Second, [2017].

Content descriptions

General Note:
Chiefly illustrations.
Target Audience Note:
GN410L Lexile
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader AR UG 3.1 1 191881.
Awards Note:
A Junior Library Guild selection.
Subject:
Walden, Tillie, 1996- > Comic books, strips, etc.
Walden, Tillie, 1996- > Childhood and youth > Comic books, strips, etc.
Figure skaters > United States > Biography > Comic books, strips, etc.
Women cartoonists > United States > Biography > Comic books, strips, etc.
Cartoonists > United States > Biography > Comic books, strips, etc.
Lesbian teenagers > United States > Biography > Comic books, strips, etc.
Coming out (Sexual orientation) > Comic books, strips, etc.
Genre:
Graphic novels.
Autobiographical comics.
Coming-of-age comics.
Young adult literature.
Comics (Graphic works)
Autobiographies.
Young adult literature.

Available copies

  • 23 of 34 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 1 of 2 copies available at Onslow County Public Library.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 34 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Jacksonville Main Library YA BIO WALDEN (Text) 36015000252177 Young Adult Biography Checked out 08/17/2026
Sneads Ferry Branch Library YA BIO WALDEN (Text) 36015001130802 Young Adult Biography Available -

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