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Spinning, Tillie Walden

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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
Language
eng
Work
Instance
Label
Spinning
Title
Spinning
Statement of responsibility
Tillie Walden
Creator
Artist
Author
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
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
Summary
A graphic memoir recounts the years Walden spent competitively figure skating, before her developing love of art and first girlfriend causes her to question the insular world of figure skating
Tone
Writing style
Illustration
Award
  • Booklist Editors’ Choice: Books for Youth, 2017.
  • Eisner Awards, Best Reality-Based Work, 2018.
  • YALSA Great Graphic Novels for Teens, 2018.
Biography type
autobiography
http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
10576198
Cataloging source
TEFOD
http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
1996-
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Walden, Tillie
Dewey number
796.91/2
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
no index present
LC call number
GV850.W25
LC item number
A3 2017eb
http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/lexile
410
Literary form
non fiction
http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/minGradeLevel
  • 6
  • 12
Nature of contents
  • dictionaries
  • comics graphic novels
http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
True
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Walden, Tillie
  • Figure skaters
  • Lesbian teenagers
  • Coming out (Sexual orientation)
Target audience
adolescent
Label
Spinning, Tillie Walden
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Publication
Note
  • OverDrive eBook
  • Chiefly illustrations
Antecedent source
unknown
Carrier category
online resource
Carrier category code
cr
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Content category
text
Content type code
txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Dimensions
unknown
Edition
First edition.
Extent
1 online resource (395 pages)
File format
unknown
Form of item
online
Isbn
9781250176240
Level of compression
unknown
Media category
computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
c
Other physical details
chiefly illustrations (some color).
Quality assurance targets
not applicable
Reformatting quality
unknown
Sound
unknown sound
Specific material designation
remote
Stock number
5326F65E-F99D-4DF2-B40D-04C8163D9EF7
System control number
(OCoLC)1003643648
Label
Spinning, Tillie Walden
Link
Publication
Note
  • OverDrive eBook
  • Chiefly illustrations
Antecedent source
unknown
Carrier category
online resource
Carrier category code
cr
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Content category
text
Content type code
txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Dimensions
unknown
Edition
First edition.
Extent
1 online resource (395 pages)
File format
unknown
Form of item
online
Isbn
9781250176240
Level of compression
unknown
Media category
computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
c
Other physical details
chiefly illustrations (some color).
Quality assurance targets
not applicable
Reformatting quality
unknown
Sound
unknown sound
Specific material designation
remote
Stock number
5326F65E-F99D-4DF2-B40D-04C8163D9EF7
System control number
(OCoLC)1003643648

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