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"For innkeeper Holly White, Christmas time in Mistletoe, Maine, is the ultimate holiday gift. Business at the Reindeer Games Inn is booming, her wedding to Sheriff Evan Gray is nearly here, and the annual parade is about to begin. The town is lucky to have another gift this year with the state's ballet company staying for several performances of The Nutcracker. But disaster strikes when Tiffany, the lead ballerina, shows up dead on a float during...

Rosie tries to make up with her former best friend and get into ballet class after the sign-up deadline.

When Anna leaves ballet class early, Mia worries she won't be able to learn their new daisy dance in time for the recital.

Excited to have a first boy student joining their ranks, the young ballerinas at Miss Lina's dancing school look forward to having someone to play the role of the prince in their recitals.

American Ballet Theater soloist Misty Copeland encourages a young ballet student, with brown skin like her own, by telling her that she, too, had to learn basic steps and how to be graceful when she was starting out, and that some day, with practice and dedication, the little girl will become a firebird, too. Includes author's note about dancers who led her to find her voice.

Bernie and Lisa get even with Bootsie Barker, who is terrorizing their ballet class.

When she receives a ballerina costume from her uncle, Emma, who does not know how to be a ballerina, gets a lot of advice from friends and family.