Skating on Mars

✍ Scribed by Caroline Huntoon

• Book ID: 111704028
• Publisher: Feiwel & Friends
• Year: 2023
• Tongue: en-US
• Weight: 3 MB
• Category: Fiction
• ISBN-13: 9781250851888
• ASIN: B0B6SJLBBC

✦ Synopsis

A heartwarming debut from author Caroline Huntoon about a young figure skater discovering who they are on and off the ice.
Life isn't easy on twelve-year-old Mars. As if seventh grade isn't hard enough, Mars is also grappling with the recent death of their father and a realization they never got to share with him: they're nonbinary. But with their skates laced up and the ice under their feet, all of those struggles melt away. When Mars' triple toe loop draws the attention of a high school hot shot, he dares them to skate as a boy so the two can compete head-to-head. Unable to back down from a challenge, Mars accepts. But as competition draws near, the struggles of life off the rink start to complicate their performance in the rink, and Mars begins to second guess if there's a place for them on the ice at all.
Skating on Mars is a tender examination of grief and a hopeful middle grade tale of self-discovery.
"This timely, triumphant novel about figure skating, identity, loss, and love will move and entertain readers—and it might just inspire them to find their own ways to change the world. " —Laurie Morrison, author of Up for Air and Coming Up Short