Finding Her Edge

I admit to a time when seeing books become tv programmes and series was not a joy for me. I want to keep stories I have read and loved close to my heart and secure in my imagination. But I understand now how important it can be for encouraging reading, for helping people find a love of books. This book and Netflix series should do just that … – Armadillo Magazine‘Just in time for the Winter Olympics, Iacopelli’s Y.A. twist on Jane Austen’s “Persuasion,” set in the world of figure skating, hits the screen. The new series, like the book, focuses on Adriana Russo, an ice dancer from a skating dynasty who finds herself juggling the pressures of her parents’ legacy, a fake relationship and the tender heartbreak of her former partner, and first love, who is suddenly back in her life as she vies for a spot at the Junior Olympic Games.’ – Jennifer Harlan * The New York Times *

Jennifer Iacopelli writes about ambitious girls with big dreams and the boys who love them for it. Her young adult novels include Break the Fall and Finding Her Edge. Throughout her career her books have been published in over a dozen languages, named a Junior Library Guild Gold Standard book, a Kids’ Indie Next pick, a finalist for the South Carolina Book Awards and featured by the New York Public Library, Bank Street College, YALSA, the Texas Library Association and the Missouri State Teachers Association as a best book of the year. She lives in New York with no plans to ever leave where she also publishes adult romance under the pen name Jennifer Hennessy.