Reeni's Turn

Eleven-year-old Reeni’s world is changing. Her star-of-the-senior-class, college-bound sister has no time for her, sixth grade is full of girls into makeup and diets and crushes, and something deep inside tells Reeni it’s time to become more than a shy girl in the shadows. But when she commits to dancing a solo for her retiring ballet teacher’s final recital, her lifelong fear of performing expands along with her newly-changing body. Lunch friends convince Reeni that a diet will give her courage and self-confidence, but the diet wreaks havoc with Reeni’s life. She lies to her parents, breaks up with her best friend, and loses focus on school work and dance. Reeni faces a painful choice: should she break her commitment to solo and quit dance? Or might she have hidden strengths that could help her come out of the shadows and become the girl she wants to be?

Lumea lui Reeni, in varsta de unsprezece ani, se schimba. Sora ei din clasa superioara, care are legatura cu facultatea, nu are timp pentru ea, clasa a sasea este plina de fete in machiaj, diete si zdrobeste, iar ceva adanc in interior ii spune lui Reeni ca este timpul sa devii mai mult decat o fata timida in umbrele.