Jeffrey Ballon Jones is a spiky haired, overly energetic eleven-going-on-twelve- year-old who loves dance and soccer. He’s a standout at his mom’s dance studio and on the soccer team his dad helps coach. He has big dreams of being both a professional dancer and soccer player. Only his older sister Della and Lucy, a fellow dancer who knows just how to push Jeffrey’s buttons, keep him grounded. Just as Jeffrey is riding high as a dancer, aspiring choreographer and soccer player, a freak incident threatens to dash all of Jeffrey’s big dreams. But then a new group of friends, the Wheel-Runners – Bobby, Laura and Aisha – roll to the rescue and along with Jeffrey’s annoying friend Lucy refuse to let Jeffrey give up on himself and his big plans. The questions they must answer together: What is dance? and, Who’s a dancer? Nello McDaniel and his wife Mary live in Downtown Brooklyn, NY. He is the founder and director of ARTS Action Research, an arts management consulting business, serving performing, exhibiting and literary arts organizations, nationally and internationally. He has worked at Western States Arts Federation, Denver, Colorado, and the National Endowment for the Arts, Washington, DC. Nello is a Fulbright International Scholar and has authored and published more than a dozen books and special report publications related to the arts and artist-led organizations. Originally from Springfield in the Missouri Ozarks, Nello and his wife met as dance students at Stephens College, Columbia, MO. He loves to cook, read, write and dance. He and his wife attend many theater and dance events and love to travel.