Jessie Garrett's come a long way in ballet, only to come to a screeching halt. Just three weeks before her big stage debut in her school's recital of Swan Lake, Jessie and her ballet friends hang up their toe shoes when they find out their dance studio has suddenly closed after a fire in the building. They turn to their teacher, who doesn't have a new studio for them to rehearse in. It's all up to the girls to figure out where to hold class, or else there won't be a recital. To make matters worse, Jessie's apartment building is condemned, and Jessie is left without a home or ballet class, which has become her home away from home. Just when she thinks there's nowhere to turn, Bianca steps in and fixes both problems by pledging to find a new studio, and opening her home to Jessie. But can Bianca build a new studio in time for the recital, and how does down-to-earth Jessie fit in living in Bianca's ritzy mansion?

Reading level: ages 9 to 12