Nancy makes the best of not dancing the lead in her ballet school's Deep Sea Dances show, but becomes jealous when her best friend gets a better role than hers.
Angelina is thrilled when she receives the starring role in the new ballet until she learns she needs to fly across the stage dangling from a single wire.
"The Thea Sisters are headed to Italy for a ballet competition! But the mouselets aren't just there to dance; they are there to investigate. A group is plotting to rig the prestigious contest, and the future of their new friend -- an aspiring ballerina -- is at stake! Can the Thea Sisters stop this scheme before it's too late?"--Page [4] of cover.
When Epatha tries to spice up the choreography of the new ballet in Harlem with her free-spirited style, the rest of the Sugar Plum Ballerinas encourage her to keep her toes in line.
Brenda Black tries to dig her way out of a mess when she tells her bragging cousin, Tiffany, that she not only knows who prima ballerina Miss Camilla Freeman is, she actually has an autographed pair of her toe shoes.