Cinderella Smith by Stephanie Barden

Author:Stephanie Barden
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HarperCollins

Rosemary T. rolled her eyes at me and made a big face to Rosemary W. “That is so dumb,” she said.

“And weird too,” said Rosemary W.

“Please explain.” Miss Akiyama sounded more interested than mad.

“My tap shoe is missing,” I said. “So I brought my thumbtacked sneaker to practice in.”

Rosemary T. rolled her eyes again.

Miss Akiyama looked at me quite serious. “I would rather you practice in ballet slippers today and find your real tap shoe before our next class.”

“Okay,” I said, even though I didn’t know how I was going to find it.

That night Erin called me to say that she’d spent so many minutes staring at herself in the bathroom mirror that her mom had to knock on the door to make sure she was okay. Her name was all over the FOR-SURE WICKED page.

“I wish you were in my dance class,” I said, getting ready to tell her about my shoe.

“My mom decided I can only do soccer this fall,” said Erin. “With the wedding coming up, we have a lot going on. I can start in the winter if I want to, but I have to choose that or basketball.”

“I’m always having to choose too,” I said. “My mom is big into not overscheduling.” Then I whispered, “Actually, if I don’t find my tap shoe, maybe I’ll play basketball too.”

“You lost your tap shoe?” Erin asked.

“Yep,” I whispered, not wanting my mom to hear, “and I can’t find it anywhere.”

“I’ll help you find it,” said Erin. “That’s what friends are for.”

That made me feel so happy that I stopped worrying about my missing shoe for a while. But by the next morning it was all I could think about.

It was a little drizzly, and me and Erin shared my umbrella while we waited for school to start.

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