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After a big growth spurt, dancer Mercy Smyth feels completely out of step. Her new height has thrown off her balance. Now dance moves that used to be easy are challenging and gymnastics skills that were always tricky are nearly impossible. It's going to take a lot of extra work and money that Mercy doesn't have to bring her skills back to competition level. Will Mercy ever feel graceful again?

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Publié par	Capstone Global Library
Date de parution	28 mai 2020
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9781474789110
Langue	English
Poids de l'ouvrage	2 Mo

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OUTOF STEP

Wendy L. Brandes

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CONTENTS Chapter 1 TOO TALL? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Chapter 2 MORE PRACTICE . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Chapter 3 DANCE TEAM PLANS . . . . . . . . . . 17 Chapter 4 MAKING A PLAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Chapter 5 TOO TIRED TO TANGO . . . . . . . . .35 Chapter 6 EXTRA SLEEP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Chapter 7 COACH KATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Chapter 8 HOPEWELL DANCEOFF . . . . . . . .59 Chapter 9 GETTING READY . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Chapter 10 QUAD CIT Y TOURNAMENT . . . . . . . 75 Chapter 11 LAST DANCE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83

Chapter 1

TOO TALL?

“Let’s practise those moves again,” Coach Sara

said to the Yardley dance team. “Vine step, then kick,

kick, kick and turn.”

Isla Anderson got ready to go through the routine

again. During the past few practices, she had been

making more mistakes than usual.Concentrate,Isla

thought.You can do this.

The music started, and she crossed her left foot

over her right. When she followed by crossing her

right over her left, she tripped and nearly fell.

Isla regained her balance and kicked her long legs

into the air twice. After the third kick, as she tried to

spin, she stumbled again.

Isla stood up, out of breath and embarrassed.

“That’s all for today, girls,” Coach Sara said. “We’ll

go over it all again next time.”

Isla walked over to the water fountain, where

Lydia Taylor, her best friend, was queuing up.

“I don’t understand why I’m înding these steps so

diïcult,” Isla said. “We’re doing such easy moves.”

“You’re just having a bad day,” Lydia replied.

“It happens to everyone.”

“I suppose so,” Isla said. “But I feel as though I’ve

been having trouble since we came back from the

summer holidays.”

“You’ll get it back,” Lydia said. “Perhaps we could

do some extra practising. Your house? Tomorrow?”

“Sounds good!” Isla said. “Thanks for making me

feel better!”

Isla and Lydia grabbed their dance bags and

headed towards the door. As they chatted with their

teammates Alice, Lexi and Ashley, Coach Sara waved

them down.

“One more thing, everyone! I forgot to remind you

to take measurements for this year’s costumes,” Coach

Sara said. “I need your height, and measure your

leg length for leggings. Also let me know what size

leotard you need. Thanks, girls. See you next time!”

“I hope that this year’s costumes are as cool as last

year’s,” Isla said. “I loved the lilac colour with the blue

trim.”

“Those were so glam,” Lydia replied.

“The sequins on the ones we wore for the pop

dance were great, too,” Lexi said.

“I wish they still îtted us,” Ashley added.

I’ve deînitely outgrown mine,Isla thought.None of

my clothes from last year really ît now.

* * *

Later that night, after dinner, Isla handed her

mum a tape measure. “Can you measure me for my

dance-team costume, Mum?” she asked.

“Of course,” Mum said, closing her laptop.

“Come into the kitchen. If you stand up against that

wall, I can measure your height.”

Isla walked towards the wall in the kitchen where

her parents had always measured her and her brother,

Ben.

Mum pointed to the tallest mark with Isla’s name

on it. “This was you almost exactly a year ago,” Mum

said. “Let’s see where you are now.”

Isla stood up against the wall, and Mum made a

new mark. After checking the tape measure, Mum

grinned. “Isla, you’ve grown almost ten centimetres!”

“Really?! That’s a lot,” Isla replied. “Can you

also measure my legs? Coach Sara needs those

measurements, too.”

“I’m sure you have a lot more leg to kick these

days!” Mum said as she measured.

Isla thought about the issues she’d been having at

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