On Top of Glass: My Stories as a Queer Girl in Figure Skating by Manta, Karina
On Top of Glass: My Stories as a Queer Girl in Figure Skating by Manta, Karina

On Top of Glass: My Stories as a Queer Girl in Figure Skating

An insightful memoir from a figure skating champion about her life as a bisexual professional athlete, perfect...
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Author: Karina Manta
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Language: English
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On Top of Glass: My Stories as a Queer Girl in Figure Skating by Manta, Karina

On Top of Glass: My Stories as a Queer Girl in Figure Skating

$50.18
On Top of Glass: My Stories as a Queer Girl in Figure Skating by Manta, Karina

On Top of Glass: My Stories as a Queer Girl in Figure Skating

$50.18
Author: Karina Manta
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Description
An insightful memoir from a figure skating champion about her life as a bisexual professional athlete, perfect for readers of Fierce by Aly Raisman and Forward by Abby Wambach.

Karina 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 New York Times, and then she joined the circus--Cirque du Soleil's on-ice show, AXEL.

Karina'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.

Author: Karina Manta
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers
Published: 10/19/2021
Pages: 336
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.97lbs
Size: 8.35h x 5.75w x 1.18d
ISBN: 9780593308462
Audience: Young Adult


Review Citation(s):
School Library Journal 09/01/2021 pg. 116
Kirkus Reviews 09/01/2021
Booklist 11/01/2021 pg. 50

About the Author
Karina Manta was born in Olympia, Washington, but she grew up in the sunshine of Chandler, Arizona. At 16 she moved to Colorado Springs to become an elite figure skater. Despite her distaste for the cold, she kept figure skating and living in Colorado, eventually competing for Team USA. She currently works as a performer for Cirque Du Soleil. She enjoys eating ice cream, engaging with creative approaches to activism, and being bisexual. Follow her on Twitter @KarinaMantras and on Instagram at @KarinaManta.
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