Tillie Walden’s Eisner Award winning graphic memoir Spinning captures what itΓÇÖs like to come of age,come outand come to terms with leaving behind everything you used to know. It was the same every morning. Wake upgrab the ice skatesand head to the rink while the world was still dark. Weekends were spent in glitter and tights at competitions. Perform. Smile. And do it again. She was good. She won. And she hated it. For ten yearsfigure skating was Tillie WaldenΓÇÖs life. She woke before dawn for morning lessonswent straight to group practice after schooland spent weekends competing at ice rinks across the state. Skating was a central piece of her identityher safe haven from the stress of schoolbulliesand family. But as she switched schoolsgot into artand fell in love with her first girlfriendshe began to question how the close-minded world of figure skating fit in with the rest of her lifeand whether all the work was worth it given the reality: that sheand her friends on the teamwere nowhere close to Olympic hopefuls. The more Tillie thought about itthe more Tillie realized sheΓÇÖd outgrown her passionΓÇöand she finally needed to find her own voice. This title has Common Core connections. A New York City Public Library Notable Best Book for Teens A Chicago Public Library Best Book of 2017 A 2018 YALSA Great Graphic Novel A 2017 Booklist Youth Editors’ Choice