"In life, as in the dance, grace glides on blistered feet" The life of a ballerina isn't easy, it is an emotional and physical struggle. As much as it hurts, it's something I'm passionate about. But the reasons might not be clear to a few. Contest Entry for Ellen Hopkins.

Hamilton Academy of the Arts. The school Sydney Acosta moved to all the way from Toronto, Ontario in a barely known city. After the divorce between her mother and father, she's stuck by her mother's side, following her to another city in Canada. Her emotions are expressed through the one thing she loves doing: dancing. Lucas Cahill is a quiet, almost outcast in the school. His twin brother, Joseph, better known as Joey, is the best known guy in school. He's considered popular, cooler and better looking than his brother despite the two having the same face. At school, Joey doesn't acknowledge his brother, at home and in the past they are inseparable with the excuses from Joey tolling up over time. His isolation and other emotions are expressed through his art. The two seventeen year olds are connected in their different forms of art in a teenage story filled with drama, sarcasm and loads of creativity. "My drawings are like stick figures compared to anything you draw. You could draw the world's ugliest frog and it will still turn out beautiful. Lucas you're an amazing artist." "So are you." He said quietly, looking up at me with his soft, heartwarming eyes. "How?"I couldn't draw for shit. "Because you are a dancer. Dancing is an art. And you are an amazing dancer." Cover~ xThePineappleGirlx #15 Teen Fiction (11/12/16)

Arabella Esme Graham is the unnoticed nerdy, loner at school. She has no friends, no one talks to her, much less looks at her. It could be worse though. She could be bullied, tormented, teased. But she's not. She also has a passion for dancing. Nobody knows that she dances except for her family. She goes to a private dance studio that her mom runs called Graham's School of Dance. But what happens when her mom, the very woman that taught her to dance, dies? Or the fact that she repeatedly runs into the school's star Quarterback? Not to mention her dad is encouraging her to dance again and the school's talent show is coming up. Read to find out what happens in Arabella's crazy life.

My school is bursting with huge egotistical dancers. Not all dancers have huge egos but I swear everyone here does and that's not even the worst part. Grace Mae Andrews just moved to this new school, with a new identity and a new name. At this new school everyone dances, EVERYONE. You are judged by how good of a dancer you are and what title you come out with in all the competitions you enter. So when Grace's alter ego Mae Perrin tells them that dancing is not her thing, everyone flips. She's at the bottom of the school social scale with little to no friends. The thing is she does dance, Grace Andrews is miss nationals soloist but she doesn't want people to treat her special because of that. With a new haircut and a hope that moving schools will keep her away from all the judging, she wants to earn her place. Get to the top and change things at this new school. But hiding one of your favorite things is almost impossible. Grace uses dance as an outlet. She puts all of her emotions in her dancing. So when someone finds out her secret she is scared. Will this person tell or will they strike up a deal? Publish Start Date: July 2015 Publish Completed: September 2016 Book 1 in Dance is my series - Book 1 Dance is my Life - Completed - Book 2 Dance is my Passion - Currently Posting

Ebony Violette Black dances to relieve stress. She dances as an escape from the toxic relationship she has with her mother. She dances for freedom and betrayal, love and loss. Trust in her world is hard to earn and easy to lose. She has been betrayed one too many times. Ebony has escaped but running away from your problems only lasts so long. She doesn't know what will happen when they finally catch up with her but she knows that the man she loves will be by her side. Her life is a dance with twists and turns, highs and lows but, more importantly, it has a story to tell. WARNING: this book deals with topics such as abuse and self-harm.

If it has anything to do with dancing, Ella Ford has been there and done that. She's a National Champion, so saying that 'dance is her life' is an understatement. But when an accident takes away the use of one of her limbs, Ella's not sure how to cope. In one heartbeat, her life goes from normal to completely unpredictable...

Caught on Camera is about a dancer who dances everywhere she is. Though one day, someone catches a glimpse of her skills which changes her life forever.