Girl on Pointe

Girl on Pointe

An enthralling and complex tale about passion and the arts. After graduating from an elite New York ballet school, 18-year-old Anna Forester moves across the country to begin her dance career in Los Angeles. Soon, she is drawn into the circle of her charismatic artistic director and the thrilling aura of company life. Her professional trajectory alienates Anna from her college-age peers, but the ballet community is an intoxicating place where she feels desperate to be accepted. Through Anna's eyes, the dance world comes alive in this unflinchingly honest portrait of a young woman in thrall to an uncompromising art form. Praise for Girl on Pointe “A lesson in the importance of self-knowledge. I recommend it in earnest.” —Emily Kate Long, 4dancers.org "Picks up where Girl in Motion left off, transitioning young Anna from student to professional, from girl to woman and everything that entails." —Mercer Island Patch Miriam Landis is a faculty member at the Pacific Northwest Ballet. She was a LitCamp fellow and an assistant editor at Simon & Schuster, Hyperion, and the Amazon Books team. A Stanford grad, she was also a student at the School of American Ballet and a professional ballerina with Miami City Ballet. When not writing, teaching, or dancing, she enjoys life on Lake Washington alongside her husband and four children. In addition to Girl on Pointe, she is the author of Girl in Motion and a middle-grade novel, Lauren in the Limelight. Learn more atwww.miriamlandis.com.