{"product_id":"on-top-of-glass-my-stories-as-a-queer-girl-in-figure-skating-9780593308462","title":"On Top of Glass: My Stories as a Queer Girl in Figure Skating","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn insightful memoir from a figure skating champion about her life as a bisexual professional athlete, perfect for readers of \u003ci\u003eFierce \u003c\/i\u003eby Aly Raisman and \u003ci\u003eForward \u003c\/i\u003eby Abby Wambach.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eKarina Manta has had a busy few years: Not only did she capture the hearts of many with her fan-favorite performance at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, she also became the first female figure skater on Team USA to come out as queer. Her Modern Love essay I Can't Hate My Body if I Love Hers was published in the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, and then she joined the circus--Cirque du Soleil's on-ice show, AXEL. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eKarina's memoir covers these experiences and much more. Attending a high school with 4,000 students, you'd expect to know more than two openly gay students, but Karina didn't meet an out-lesbian until she was nearly seventeen--let alone any other kind of queer woman. But this isn't just a story about her queerness. It's also a story about her struggle with body image in a sport that prizes delicate femininity. It's a story about panic attacks, and first crushes, and all the crushes that followed, and it's a story about growing up, feeling different than everybody around her and then realizing that everyone else felt different too.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/19\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780593308462\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.03lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.25h x 5.50w x 0.84d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2021 pg. 116\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2021\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Karina Manta","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41072049717429,"sku":"9780593308462","price":16.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_6d6bef5d-61ed-4c7c-b7b8-b91f121d4198.jpg?v=1632234290","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/on-top-of-glass-my-stories-as-a-queer-girl-in-figure-skating-9780593308462","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}