“I adored Dani and found myself rooting for this spunky heroine.”

- Rhonda Stapleton, author of STRUCK

“Dani is such a vibrant character that she leaps right off the pages and into your heart.”

- Cynthia Justlin, author of HER OWN BEST ENEMY

“Dani is goofy, snarky and adorable.”

- BookishTrish from Between the Lines blog

	Name: Daniela Spevak Nickname: Dani Age: Almost 15 (fine, not almost) Class Year: Freshman Hometown: Sparta, NJ Personality: Girl Next Door Interests: Ballet; Solving mysteries Notable Roles: Cast member on Teen Celebrity Dance-Off; Understudy to Sugar Plum Fairy in Nutcracker Likes: Nick. No, Craig. No, Nick! No, definitely Craig. I think? Um, what was the question?
	Name: Maya Sapp Age: 15 Class Year: Sophomore Hometown: Bronx (New York City) Personality: Bossy and opinionated Interests: Tap; Contemporary; Jazz; Musical Theatre; Joining Dani in her snooping Notable Roles: Cast member on Teen Celebrity Dance-Off; Corps member in Nutcracker
	Name: Analisa San Miguel Nickname: Bunhead Age: 15 Class Year: Sophomore Hometown: Los Gatos, CA Personality: Resident Worrywort and Unofficial Mother Hen Interests: Ballet; Keeping Dani and Maya out of trouble (hey, somebody’s gotta do it!) Notable Roles: Cast member on Teen Celebrity Dance-Off; Snow Queen in Nutcracker; Invited to attend Summer Intensive at Manhattan Ballet Conservatory
	Name: Craig Washosky Stage Name: Craig Walsh* Age: 17 Class Year: Senior Hometown: Billerica, MA Personality: Jock-turned-Actor Interests: Football; Acting Notable Roles: Jackson in Midnight; Dan in First Down; Headed to Yale in the fall?
	Name: Nick Galliano Age: 17 Hometown: Los Angeles Personality: Hollywood Wonderboy Interests: Starring in movies; Playing video games; Dating starlets and socialites; Avoiding the paparazzi Notable Roles: Cast member on Teen Celebrity Dance-Off; Zac in First Down
	Name: Hadley Taylor Nickname: Miss Sugar Plum Age: 16 Class Year: Junior Hometown: Scottsdale, AZ by way of Dallas Personality: Dani’s Frenemy Interests: Ballet; Shopping; Beauty Pageants; Boys Notable Roles: Cast member on Teen Celebrity Dance-Off; Sugar Plum Fairy in Nutcracker (for second year in a row!); Daughter of a cast member on Trophy Wives of Scottsdale reality show
	Name: Katrina Holmes** Nickname: Kat Age: 18 Class Year: Senior Hometown: Staten Island (New York City) Personality: Laid back Interests: Dancing, singing, & acting – a Triple Threat; Creative Writing Notable Roles: Clara in Nutcracker; Kicked out of cast of Teen Celebrity Dance-Off when she got a concussion
	Name: Beverly Marcus*** Nickname: Bev Age: 16 Class Year: Sophomore Hometown: Portland, OR Personality: Goth Interests: Art; Video Games Notable Roles: Dani’s largely uncommunicative roommate
	Name: Rose McIver Nickname: Grandma Rose Age: Old enough to know better Hometown: New York City, but thinking of moving to Sedona, AZ Personality: “Eccentric” doesn’t even begin to describe her Interests: Tarot; Psychic conventions; Pole-dancing classes at local senior center Notable Roles: Dani’s grandmother; Has been married at least 4 times (that we know about); Used to work for the United Nations (supposedly as a “secretary”, but isn’t that really just code for “spy”?)

* Craig’s headshot courtesy Kamil Kantarcıoğlu.
** Kat’s headshot courtesy Arielle Weiler.
*** Bev’s headshot courtesy Peter Gustafson.