Can Ashley, the new girl at Silver Shoes, find a way to keep dancing the style she loves? After managing to convince the other girls that she isn't a spy from rival school Dance Art, Ash feels like she is finally starting to fit in at Silver Shoes. It's love at first dance when Ash decides to do hip hop classes, and soon she is popping and locking as though she's been doing it all her life. But when her family's financial troubles mean that she might not be able to continue the lessons, Ash's dreams are shattered. How is she meant to 'hit it' when her mum can't even afford to buy her new dance shoes?

Can Ashley, the new girl at Silver Shoes, find a way to keep dancing the style she loves? After managing to convince the other girls that she isn't a spy from rival school Dance Art, Ash feels like she is finally starting to fit in at Silver Shoes. It’s love at first dance when Ash decides to do hip hop classes, and soon she is popping and locking as though she’s been doing it all her life. But when her family’s financial troubles mean that she might not be able to continue the lessons, Ash’s dreams are shattered. How is she meant to ‘hit it’ when her mum can’t even afford to buy her new dance shoes?

Can Ashley, the new girl at Silver Shoes, find a way to keep dancing the style she loves? After managing to convince the other girls that she isn't a spy from rival school Dance Art, Ashley feels like she is finally starting to fit in at Silver Shoes Dance Academy. It's love at first dance when Ashley decides to do hip hop classes, and soon she is popping, locking and even whopping it as though she's been doing it all her life. But when her family's financial troubles mean that she might not be able to continue the lessons, Ash's dreams are shattered. How is she meant to 'hit it' when her Mum can't even afford to buy her a new pair of dance shoes?

Meet four very different girls who all have one thing in common – they love to dance! Eleanor Irvin is ten years old, and dancing is her everything. Tap, ballet, lyrical, and ballroom – she’s tried it all. But her favourite style, by far, is jazz. When Miss Caroline, the owner of Silver Shoes Dance Studio, announces she will be selecting dancers to perform in the upcoming Jazz Groove Dance Competition, Ellie is over the moon! There’s only one problem, she’s not so good at auditions. Actually, there might be a few problems – Ellie’s dance enemy, Jasmine, seems determined to ruin her chances and the new girl, Ashley, is really talented. Will Ellie be able to overcome her nerves and hold on to the spotlight?

In a prose that is so beautiful it is poetry, we see the world of growing up and going somewhere through the dust and heat of Fresno's industrial side and beyond: It is a boy's coming of age in the barrio, parochial school, attending church, public summer school, and trying to fall out of love so he can join in a Little League baseball team. His is a clarity that rings constantly through the warmth and wry reality of these sometimes humorous, sometimes tragic, always human remembrances.

Jane Timmons has two weeks to . . . 1. Keep her distance from her sexy boss, the once famous pop singer, Damon Suarez. 2. Stay firm. No kissing allowed! 3. And not let Damon know she loves him. Damon Suarez has two weeks to . . . 1. Convince Jane to not quit. 2. Stage a comeback and be more than a one hit wonder. 3. Win Jane's heart--no matter what it takes. Keywords: romance, novella, contemporary romance, romantic comedy, rock star, music, boss and secretary, New York City