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Carmen is back in this story about family, friendships, gymnastics, and confronting her fear of missing out.

Carmen loves her family, her friends at middle school, and her friends at gymnastics. Sometimes it feels like she is always missing something for gymnastics, like her cousin’s soccer games or an outing with her school friends. When her family decides to throw a fiesta for her abuela Carmen must decide if she can miss gymnastics for family. Will her choices impact her ability to make the Level 7 team?

Perfect Balance Gymnastics Optionals is a realistic gymnastics series for tween girls navigating middle school, confidence, friendship, competition, and the challenges of growing up. This series is a spin-off to the best-selling series, Perfect Balance Gymnastics Series. The characters readers have grown to love are now in middle school and training optionals (Level 6 to Level 10).

Perfect Balance Gymnastics Books teach girls to be kind to each other, flexible in life, courageous, strong, and most of all, confident. The books set the reader in the world of gymnastics. The characters are relatable and have age-appropriate challenges. Each book explores a major life lesson that empowers girls to understand their own inner strengths.

The Perfect Balance Gymnastics Optionals Series increases reading level from 6th grade to 8th grade as the series progresses. Tough Choices is written at a 7th grade reading level and appeals to ages 11 to 14. Perfect Balance Gymnastics Books are chronological, but each story can stand alone.

Melisa Torres is the best-selling author of the Perfect Balance Gymnastics Series. She grew up in San Jose, California where she trained at Almaden Valley Gymnastics Club and participated in USA Gymnastics' competitive program for ten years. Melisa then earned her BS from Utah State University where she studied Psychology and Literature and competed for their NCAA Division 1 Gymnastics Team. Melisa was a two-time Academic All-American and team captain.Melisa currently lives in Utah and is a single mother to two teenage boys. She enjoys attending their mountain biking races and traveling with them. When Melisa is not parenting or writing she can be found weightlifting or partner dancing.