"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.

"Excuse me, there must have been a mistake but I never applied for...ballet classes?!" Melody Kane has the biggest dream to go to Maryland Summer Camp for Arts, the only problem being her Mom. When her Mom finally agrees to let her daughter go to the summer camp, Melody is more than thrilled about going there with her two friends. In fact, she is so excited that she doesn't even acknowledges that her Mom enlisted her for Ballet classes instead of Modern ones. So when she gets to know about it, she labels it as nothing but a big disaster and that is exactly what her summer is going to be. With the school jocks on her tail making fun of her and those annoying little ballerinas in her ballet class, she has no where to escape or hide. But when she finds out the real reason why her Mom did this, will things finally take a new turn in her life? Will she finally stand up for her dream and against those school jocks? And maybe steal the heart of an unexpected one? -She might fall but won't know how to dance her way back up- Warning: Slow editing. Read at your own risk.

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

A magical tale between a ballerina who comes across a prince who can't feel pain. she gets involved in a dangerous quest which will change an ordinary ballerina's life. will she get back what was lost? or lose herself in this enchanting story of a prince and his royal ballerina. Read the Review done by @angellover36 http://read-a-holic-reviews.blogspot.com/2012/08/review-his-royal-ballerina-by-sanayakant.html