![]() ![]() A sequined dress! She hasn’t performed in a dress since she was a little girl. Become the princess.” Anna quips to herself, “What does she want me to do, sprout a crown?” And then the costume arrives. Her choreographer advises, “Feel the music. ![]() She stands Tamar up a couple of times, in order to see Hayden, which, of course, strains her BFF friendship.Īna is not exactly nailing her new lyrical skate dance. She gets her hair cropped very short and Hayden’s whole family thinks she’s a boy. But she doesn’t identify as a girl exactly. Ana likes this, so she doesn’t correct him, as they develop their friendship. Ana introduces herself as A and Hayden thinks she’s a boy. New skater, Hayden, a transgender boy who has recently come out, arrives at the rink. Ana doesn’t tell anyone how disturbing this choreography is to her. ![]() Alas, it’s princess-themed and danced to sweet lyrical music. A Russian super-star choreographs Ana’s new free skate. Her mom works three jobs in order to pay the huge expenses of the sport. ![]() Ana is progressing so quickly she must leave Tamar behind and train with her coach Alex at a rink across town.Īna is determined to do so well in competition that she’ll bypass Regionals and progress straight to Nationals, in order to save her single mom a load of expenses. Ana trains in the Bay Area, lives with her supportive mother, and has a devoted best friend, Tamar. Twelve-year-old Ana-Marie Jin is the National Juvenile Girl’s Figure Skating Champion in “Ana on the Edge” (Little Brown 2020) by A.J. ![]()
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