Description
Fifteen-year-old Esme lives for dance—until the very space that once felt like freedom becomes the site of a devastating violation. As she and her best friend, Mia, fight for their place on an elite team and navigate mounting pressure at home, a stranger’s touch shatters the fragile balance Esme has built, forcing her to confront questions of blame, safety, and self-worth. Told in a powerful novel-in-verse style, this debut follows Esme as she wrestles with the harsh inner voice shaped by years of being oversexualized, while learning what it means to accept support and reclaim her body and voice. With themes of friendship, first love, consent, and the complicated aftermath of sexual assault, *Top Heavy* delivers an emotionally urgent, lyrical story of resilience and grace.
Available Editions
paperback
Holiday House
Published Jun 10, 2025
ISBN: 9780823458134
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Details
First Published
2025
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for Top Heavy by Rhonda Dechambeau.