On Pointe by Sheryl Berk Page B

part of it for the past six years and hope for many more to come!
    Anne Kelly, Maureen Duke: you take such great care of our kids and teach them to soar! Thanks for your help, always!
    Zenmommy and her trio of terrific dancers, Bri, Sophie, and Tristan! Nuggie, Olivier is for you!!!!
    Madison Heller and family: we’ll miss you in L.A.! Keep dancing and following your dreams!
    All the teachers and staff at Ballet Academy East for your love and support—hard to believe it’s been ten years of ballet classes for Carrie!!!
    My agents Frank Weimann and Katherine Latshaw at Folio, and the wonderful team at Bloomsbury, especially Brett Wright (who makes every revision fun and easy!) and Cindy Loh. Couldn’t have done Dance Divas without you.

About the Author
    Sheryl Berk is a proud ballet mom and a
New York Times
bestselling author. She has collaborated with numerous celebrities on their memoirs, including Britney Spears,
Glee
’s Jenna Ushkowitz, and
Shake It Up
’s Zendaya. Her book with Bethany Hamilton,
Soul Surfer
, hit #1 on the
New York Times
bestseller list and became a major motion picture. She is also the author of The Cupcake Club book series with her daughter, Carrie.

By the Same Author
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    Step It Up
    On Pointe
    Showstopper
    (coming soon)

Copyright © 2014 by Sheryl Berk
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    First published in the United States of America in December 2014
by Bloomsbury Children’s Books
Electronic edition published in December 2014
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    Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Berk, Sheryl.
On pointe / by Sheryl Berk.
pages     cm     — (Dance Divas)
Summary: Anya, Liberty, and Scarlett all think they’ll be a shoo-in for the lead role of Clara in Dances Minnelli’s annual production of
The Nutcracker
, but Gracie gets the part—and the pressure—while the others must be content with supporting roles.
[1. Ballet dancing—Fiction. 2. Dance—Fiction. 3. Interpersonal relations—Fiction. 4. Dance teams—Fiction. 5. Nutcracker (Choreographic work)—Fiction.] I. Title.
PZ7.B45236On 2014           [Fic]—dc23           2014022842
    eISBN: 978-1-61963-587-6
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