Dance Team Bully by Margaret Gurevich

Author:Margaret Gurevich
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Stone Arch Books, Academy of Dance, fiction, 9781496562036, 9781496562074, performing arts/dance, social themes/friendship, girls & women
Published: 2018-05-10T13:58:07+00:00

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CHAPTER 6

Confessions

After practice, Brie, Jada, Gabby, and I sit on the soft blue carpet of Jada’s bedroom. They all wanted the details on Ella. I’ve just finished recapping our latest run-in for them.

“But wait,” says Jada. “I still don’t get why she picks on you.”

I stare at my hands. I haven’t told them about the Salvation Army store run-in or how I don’t fit in with the girls at my school.

“C’mon,” says Gabby, gently bumping me

with her shoulder, “you can tell us anything.”

I bite my lip. They like me. They’re my friends. “She saw me coming out of the Salvation Army store once,” I say quietly.

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No one says anything.

“So . . . what?” Brie finally asks.

“So,” I say, “she knows I shop there. No one at my school would be caught dead there. All the other girls at my school get their nails done, they all have new clothes, you know . . .” My voice trails off.

Gabby throws her hands up in the air. “Are you serious? I get hand-me-downs from my cousins all the time. Who cares?”

How come they don’t see this as a big deal?

Maybe they don’t get it.

“My tap shoes are from Sunny’s Secondhand Shop,” I say quietly. “Most of my stuff is. We can’t really afford new stuff.” I raise my head to look at them.

“That jerk!” cries Jada. “Who cares where you get your clothes or how much money your family has?”

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