Gurevich, Margaret

When Gabriela hears about tryouts for a solo dance at the next dance competition she is super excited, but when Brie, her best friend at Ms. Marianne's Academy of Dance, decides to try out as well, it seems like it might be the end of a beautiful friendship--because Gabby really wants this opportunity, and she is having trouble dealing with the idea of competing against a friend.

As the design competition progresses, contestants are eliminated until only three are left for the final challenge: Chloe, Nina, and Derek--but only one can win the grand prize of an internship in New York.

Moving to New Jersey from Philadelphia was stressful, but at least Jada has found Ms. Marianne's Academy of Dance, where she can continue to dance ballet--but she is not sure that the other girls at the Academy welcome her, and when she sprains her ankle in practice she is sure that the whole universe is against her.

Brie and the rest of the dancers at Ms. Marianne's Academy of Dance are on their way to Florida to compete in the Citrus Jam which is held just outside of Orlando, and where first place includes the opportunity to march in the Main Street Parade at Disney World--but the team from Austin, Texas, includes some girls who are planning to sabotage the other competitors.

"When Gina, a hardworking young gymnast, moves far away for professional training, she improves her skills but longs deeply for home. Coming from a farming family in Pennsylvania, Gina feels a bit lost training with the other young gymnast hopefuls in huge, hot Texas. Will she find a way to balance her dream with her longing for home?"--Back cover.

In this compilation of four separately published books, Chloe is back in Santa Cruz for her senior year in high school, facing the challenge of reconnecting with her old friends (and rivals), and that most troublesome problem of all-where to apply to college.

Thirteen-year-old Gina has moved to Texas to practice for an upcoming competition with the gymnastic team, and with only a half-day of school and gymnastics to concentrate on she should be doing fine--but somehow she cannot seem to stick her routines, and when she gets home to Pennsylvania she starts to wonder whether she should just quit gymnastics completely.

Chloe and her mother take a trip to Los Angeles, where Chloe is combining a guest appearance on the new season of Teen Design Diva, with a tour of the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising, which is one of the colleges that she is considering, aware that her mother would like her to stay closer to Santa Cruz.

The designs for her college applications are due, and the Winter Formal designs for the girls in her class are almost done, and now there is nothing to do but wait and see which of the three colleges, FIDM, Parsons, or FIT, she is accepted to--and then decide whether her future is in Los Angeles or New York.

Her summer internship in New York City over Chloe is back in Santa Cruz, now a senior in high school and fretting over where to apply to college, and she is having a little trouble reconnecting with her old friends--until a new girl, Jada, suggests that Chloe and old rival Nina should design all the girls dresses for the winter formal dance.