Interest Level: 5-8

Have you just had too much on your plate and you have overextended yourself? Along with school you have so many things going on after school and you are just worn out? This is exactly what Harper has done. She is still fairly new to Florida and her dance academy, Dance Starz, and still trying to make sure that she is meant to be on the competitive team. Her team consist of Megan, Lily, Trina, Riley, and Harper. They work together as a team, however, they are now about to compete against each other for the Dance Starz first ever solo on the competitive team. Megan is determine to make sure that the solo is hers and she will do whatever it takes to make it happen, even if it means lying and sabotaging her teammates. Not only does Harper have the stress of working on the solo and the competitive dance, she unintentionally finds herself in the school play. Harper accidentally falls asleep in English class because she is so stressed, when she explains to her teacher that is is because of her dance, her teachers puts her in the school play of The Little Mermaid to fill the gap of the only solo dance number. Harper does not need to add one more thing to her plate but as she begins going to practice she really enjoys making new friends. Will Harper adding so much more to her plate and making new friends hurt her relationship with her best friend, Lily? Will the school play take her focus off of her goal to nail the solo at Dance Starz? Will Megan get her way and force herself into the first solo? Don't miss this fun book written by Maddie Ziegler, one of the stars on Lifetime's Dance Moms and a judge on So You Think You Can Dance.

This book focuses mainly on dance but it is not all about dance. The Audition and The Callback also deal with middle school drama such as friends, family, crushes, and mean girls. I cannot wait for the third book in this series to come out!! Don't miss these!!

This was a cute story. I’ve never read any Maddie books before, but I have some students who loved her others and I know this will go over well with them and with many of my students who are dancers. I thought that the character development at the beginning felt a little rushed, but I’m not sure if these same characters have been introduced in a previous story or not. I think that readers who are involved with dance will appreciate the detail and technical terms throughout the story, but it also paints a good picture for non-dancers as well. Thank you, NetGalley for the ARC!