Gina Santiago is a thirteen-year-old “Nuyorican” with rock star dreams, so when she’s accepted into the prestigious New York Academy of Arts and Talents for art instead of music, she’s crushed. To make matters worse, the student body at the Upper East Side school is divided into “schollies” (students on scholarship, like her) and “dollies” (rich kids with “dollars”). But Gina discovers that there is one thing that brings schollies and dollies — and dancers, singers, actors, artists, and musicians — together: music!

Maybe she can make her dreams come true after all …

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Janel Rodriguez Ferrer is the author of the new tween book series, The Arts-Angels. A biographer-turned-tween-fiction-author, Janel has always dreamed of creating a book series for Latino tweens and teens.

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