{"id":16965,"date":"2022-03-01T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-03-01T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/?p=16965"},"modified":"2022-03-19T23:37:42","modified_gmt":"2022-03-20T03:37:42","slug":"blog-tour-turning-by-joy-l-smith-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/blog-tour-turning-by-joy-l-smith-interview\/","title":{"rendered":"Blog Tour: Turning by Joy L. Smith (Interview!)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Happy Tuesday and welcome to my stop on the blog tour for TURNING! I’m so excited because today I have an interview with Joy L. Smith to share with you! This book is truly amazing and I’m so excited to for you to find out more about it!<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

\"\"\/<\/figure>\n\n\n\"BlogTurning<\/strong> by Joy L. Smith<\/a>
Published on<\/strong> March 1, 2022 by Denene Millner Books\/Simon Schuster Books for Young Readers<\/a>
Genres:<\/strong> Contemporary<\/a>, YA<\/a>
Pages:<\/strong> 352
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Author Links:<\/strong> Website<\/a>, Twitter<\/a>, Goodreads<\/a>

Genie used to fouett\u00e9 across the stage. Now the only thing she\u2019s turning are the wheels to her wheelchair. Genie was the star pupil at her exclusive New York dance school, with a bright future and endless possibilities before her. Now that the future she\u2019s spent years building toward has been snatched away, she can\u2019t stand to be reminded of it\u2014even if it means isolating herself from her best friends and her mother. The only wish this Genie has is to be left alone.
\nBut then she meets Kyle, who also has a \u201cused to be.\u201d Kyle used to tumble and flip on a gymnastics mat, but a traumatic brain injury has sent him to the same physical therapist that Genie sees. With Kyle\u2019s support, along with her best friend\u2019s insistence that Genie\u2019s time at the barre isn\u2019t over yet, Genie starts to see a new path\u2014one where she doesn\u2019t have to be alone and she finally has the strength to heal from the past.
\nBut healing also means confronting. Confronting the booze her mother, a recovering alcoholic, has been hiding under the kitchen sink; the ex-boyfriend who was there the night of the fall and won\u2019t leave her alone; and Genie\u2019s biggest, most terrifying secret: the fact that the accident may not have been so accidental after all.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\t\t