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Otra cara de la perfección, La

Otra cara de la perfección, La in Bloomington, MN
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Alina Keeler estaba destinada a bailar hasta que una terrible caída le destrozó la pierna e hizo añicos sus sueños de convertirse en bailarina profesional. Tras un verano recuperándose –comiendo una cantidad indecente de Doritos y viendo vídeos de ballet sin descanso–, se ve obligada a cambiar sus clases preparatorias de danza por un instituto convencional, donde se incorpora con cierta reticencia al musical escolar. Sin embargo, los ensayos son mejores de lo que esperaba… En especial, por Jude, un compañero de reparto muy atractivo del que quizás se está enamorando. Pero, para seguir avanzando en su vida, Alina deberá hacer las paces con su pasado y plantarle cara al racismo que vivió en el mundo de la danza. Y también comprender qué significa ansiar el ballet, algo tan bello y a la vez tan frágil. Por muy rota que se sienta por dentro, ¿será capaz de abrirle su corazón a alguien algún día? Emotiva, romántica y sazonada con humor, esta novela debut explora la fragilidad del perfeccionismo, las posibilidades de cambiar y la importancia de alzar la voz.
Last year, Alina Kane was a ballet dancer who was accepted into one of the country’s top programs on a professional track. Then, she shattered her leg. This year, Alina has two metal plates holding her bones together, exactly one friend, and zero chance of a ballet career. She is an aimless high school junior who got roped into doing the spring musical because her previous coping mechanisms (namely laying in bed eating Cool Ranch Doritos while watching contraband ballet videos) were ‘depressing everyone around her.’ And when she is cast in a sexy role opposite Jude, the (charmingly? annoyingly?) laidback lead, it seems she must transform from a ballet swan into someone else entirely. As she starts to get used to her new normal, Alina begins to re-examine her broken dream. Maybe ballet wasn’t the beautiful thing she always thought it was. Maybe it didn’t give half-Japanese girls like her the same chances it gave to white girls. Maybe it made her afraid to speak up. The problem is, Alina still loves ballet. But now she wonders if it’s stupid to love something she can’t do anymore. If it’s wrong to love something that’s so flawed. And if it’s bad to fall in love with someone when her heart was just broken, along with her leg.
Last year, Alina Kane was a ballet dancer who was accepted into one of the country’s top programs on a professional track. Then, she shattered her leg. This year, Alina has two metal plates holding her bones together, exactly one friend, and zero chance of a ballet career. She is an aimless high school junior who got roped into doing the spring musical because her previous coping mechanisms (namely laying in bed eating Cool Ranch Doritos while watching contraband ballet videos) were ‘depressing everyone around her.’ And when she is cast in a sexy role opposite Jude, the (charmingly? annoyingly?) laidback lead, it seems she must transform from a ballet swan into someone else entirely. As she starts to get used to her new normal, Alina begins to re-examine her broken dream. Maybe ballet wasn’t the beautiful thing she always thought it was. Maybe it didn’t give half-Japanese girls like her the same chances it gave to white girls. Maybe it made her afraid to speak up. The problem is, Alina still loves ballet. But now she wonders if it’s stupid to love something she can’t do anymore. If it’s wrong to love something that’s so flawed. And if it’s bad to fall in love with someone when her heart was just broken, along with her leg.