Felicity's Dancing Shoes (American Girl: Short Stories) by Valerie Tripp
Summary (from the publisher): Felicity discovers the secret to graceful dancing after she borrows her sister Nan's pretty-but painful-shoes. Review: After being called clumsy during dancing lessons, Felicity makes a bargain with her little sister Nan. Nan will let Felicity wear her brocade shoes to dance lessons, in exchange for teaching her the dances when Felicity gets home from lessons. While the shoes are far too tight, they seem to work! Felicity is improving. But then a mishap with the shoes leads to her having to go back to wearing her everyday shoes and Felicity fears her days of more graceful dancing are at an end. First, I was impressed that Felicity was able to squeeze her feet into her little sister's shoes. And impressed at her ingenuity to figure out a way to not be made fun of for her shoes anymore, and her sister's means of getting the dance lessons she desperately wants. It was a good secret bargain between sisters! This was much tamer than ma...
