Told from alternating points of view, this story about friends, crushes, and drama follows best friends Sarah and Leo as their friendship is put to the test when Sarah wants to ask Leo's friend Ben to the school dance.

The adventures of best friends Julie, Luce, and Alia continue in the second "Dance Class" graphic novel. School is in session again and this time the girls are working on a ballet of "Romeo and Juliet." When new student Tim is cast in the role of Romeo, the three girls find themselves competing for his affections. Can they get this production on its feet without ruining their friendship? --from publisher's website.

"Marcus McCalister wants to fit in. So much so that he's still playing on a soccer team with his childhood friend, Ted, despite not liking soccer, or Ted, all that much. Izzy Briggs wants to stand out. Being labeled the 'weird kid' for her bold fashion choices is the price an aspiring designer must pay for a life of greatness -- but being confident isn't always easy. So when Izzy and Marcus are paired together to perform a swing dance routine for...

"Julie, Lucy, and Alia are best friends who share the same passion: dance! A new year of classes has begun and this year, in addition to their regular ballet and modern dance classes, the three girls are introduced to a new style of dance--African folk! Powered by deep percussion-based music, this style is unlike anything they've ever tried before. While the girls enjoy their new art form, problems at home and in the classroom threaten to cause them...

Most of the sixth graders at Memorial Middle School are all a-flutter about the beginning-of-the-school-year, boy-girl party, but not Lucia, who is put off by all the talk about what to wear, and who to date--however, when she gets to know Adesh (the boy who sits on her favorite bench in the park), she starts thinking that there might be something to this dating thing after all.

Ten-year-old Amelia, who has moved from Manhattan to a small town in the wake of her parent's divorce, is going to her first dance with a boy at the same time her Mom also has a date. Then a friend reveals that her father is going to a dangerous country with his job in the military, which gets Amelia thinking about her own family, her past, and what it means for the present.

A 3-in-1 volume about the funny trials and tribulations of being a dancer.

"Los estudiantes de octavo grado de La Escuela Secundaria Memorial están hablando de una cosa: su primera fiesta de chicos y chicas. Lucía ya ha hablado bastante sobre qué ponerse y quién va con quién. Si su mejor amiga no hubiera insistido, ni siquiera iría a la fiesta tonta. Pero después de conocer a Adesh, comienza a pensar que tal vez esta fiesta de chicos y chicas no sea tan mala. Lástima que esté interesado en otra chica."--Publisher's...