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    Taking Center Stage: And How to Really Shine From Within
    Taking Center Stage: And How to Really Shine From Within
    Taking Center Stage: And How to Really Shine From Within
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    Taking Center Stage: And How to Really Shine From Within

    By DeShawn Snow

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    When Shawnee and her two friends Rebecca and Nia enter their school's talent show, they are eager to shine like stars and win first place. However, Rebecca's drive to take center stage causes her to act like a diva-both on and off the stage. Led by her ever-present spiritual guide Nevaeh, Shawnee learns the value of strengthening her character and inner beauty before being promoted and how to really shine from within.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCarpenter's Son Publishing
    Release dateMay 1, 2012
    ISBN9780983987697
    Taking Center Stage: And How to Really Shine From Within

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      Taking Center Stage - DeShawn Snow

      Shine

      1 * Let’s Plan to Win

      It was lunch break, and the cafeteria was loud. I guess it was the buzz from everyone’s weekend plans, everyone discussing who did what, who went where, and who said what.

      Two girls, Nikke and Michelle, came up to our table—yeah, our table. I finally was able to say that, which meant Rebecca, Nia, and I always sat there, every single day. Our names were practically etched in the wooden table. It seemed it would be our table for the rest of the year. I mean, everyone has a table at lunch, right? And it was a great feeling to finally have a group of good friends at my new school.

      So, these two girls came up to our table to find out how ice skating went on Friday. It had gone fantastic. We told them how we had a blast even though we all thought we were going to break a leg at some point from falling down. Some good had come out of being bullied into doing Rayna Sullivan’s science project — getting to go ice skating during school! As we continued to talk, I noticed Rebecca sat deep in thought, straining her eyes to their very corners, as if she were eavesdropping or spying. After we finished talking with Nikke and Michelle, she whispered, intently, to the both of us.

      You guys, let’s get outside. Like right now. We need to talk, like ASAP.

      Sensing the urgency in her tone, I quickly wrapped up my lunch, curious to hear what she had to say. Did she see someone doing something incredibly horrible? Was someone cheating on a test? Was someone seen stealing something? I wondered what she’d seen because it was clear to me that she had been spying on someone. The suspense was killing me.

      As we made our way outside, she led us to a picnic bench near a tree. We all sat down and began unpacking our lunches. What’s up? I asked. I was just about to start eating again when Rebecca said, "OK, listen. We have to really bring it, like for real." She was serious. Like, dead serious.

      Bring what? Nia asked.

      "Like, bring it. In the talent show! she said with a tone that screamed, Like, hello?"

      Nia and I both stared at her. While we were ice skating, she had told us there was going to be a school talent show. So we knew that it was in three weeks, that Rebecca had signed us up, and we were going to sing and dance.

      Right. Well, of course we will, I said in confidence. Of course I would, at least. I never did anything halfway. You can ask my Mom.

      Rebecca reached for a notepad out of her backpack and looked over what seemed to be her list.

      OK, I’ve been brainstorming. But I need to tell you what I just heard at the lunch table.

      Yeah? I asked.

      What? Nia asked.

      I just heard Britney Shambers say to the table next to us that … she stopped. And I mean, this is top secret in the way she was telling her friends. I mean, she was practically whispering. I don’t know how I even overheard. I guess I have good ears. She shrugged.

      What? What did she say? I asked.

      She said that she is going to have a real life tiger on stage — as part of her magic show.

      I wonder how she will make it go away, Nia said.

      With her magic! Duh, I smiled and teased. Nia laughed at me as Rebecca just sat there with that dead-serious look on her face.

      Oh, come on, Rebecca. Lighten up a little. Maybe she’s not telling the truth. You know, exaggerating a bit? I mean, come on, a tiger? There’s no way.

      Clearly, Shawnee, you weren’t here last year for the talent show. There was a real life horse on stage.

      For real?

      Oh yeah. I remember that, Nia said.

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