Let's Rock! by Sheryl Berk

yourselves.”
    â€œYou think everyone in my school saw meon TV?” Liberty wondered out loud. “They’ll probably all want my autograph tomorrow morning.”
    â€œMaybe they’ll make you an official Sugar Doll, Liberty. They can call you Stuck-Up Doll.” Rochelle couldn’t resist.
    â€œAnd what would you be? Stupid Doll?” Liberty said, tossing an insult back.
    â€œThat’s enough,” Toni said, breaking up the fight. “I’d like to remind you all that you are Divas, not Dolls—and we have a new competition to start preparing for.” She pointed her finger at the door. “I want everyone in that studio in three minutes … or else!”
    â€œAnd I have a tap class to teach—you coming, Reese?” J. J. added, clicking off the TV.
    â€œYou bet! I’d rather be a Diva than a Doll any day,” Reese said, hugging Bria. “You guys are the best.”
    Toni raised her hand. “I second that. Anyone else agree?”
    Bria stood up and led the girls in the Divas’cheer as they skipped out of the studio and back to practice.
    â€œI said we’re Divas … Oh yeah!
    We’re fierce and we dance on air!
    Did you hear me say it? Oh yeah!
    Divas got moves! Divas got soul!
    Everyone watch us rock and roll!”
    Reese smiled. She felt right at home.

Glossary of Dance Terms
    Arabesque:
a move where the dancer stands on one leg with the other leg extended behind her at 90 degrees.
    Attitude:
a pose in which one leg is raised in back or in front with the knee bent.
    Balancé:
a rocking step shifting weight from one foot to the other by crossing the foot either in front or back.
    Battement:
a quick kick either high (grand battement) or low (petit battement).
    Fondu:
a lowering of the body made by bending the knee of the supporting leg.
    Fouetté:
a turning step where the leg whips out to the side.
    Grand jeté:
a large forward leap in the air that looks like a flying split.
    Pas de bourrée:
a move performed where the first leg pulls the other leg in tightly in small and quick steps.
    Pirouette:
a turn on one leg with the other leg behind.
    Relevé:
to rise up on pointe or on demi-pointe.

A Note on 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 eleven-year-old daughter, Carrie.

By the Same Author
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 (coming soon)

Copyright © 2014 by Sheryl Berk
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Berk, Sheryl.
Let’s rock! / Sheryl Berk.
pages cm. — (Dance Divas ; #3)
Summary: When the girls in the Dance Divas dance team fight over the lead in a new music video, Miss Toni decides to teach the girls a lesson about