I Wanna Be Where You Are, by Kristina Forest. "Chloe Pierce is a terrible daughter." Chloe's dream is to go to this prestigious dance school so she can become a dancer, but her mom shuts the door on her dreams when she says that Chloe can't go. But Chloe is persistent and forms a plan so she can drive two hundred miles to get to the closest audition. But what happens when she hits two roadblocks named Eli and his dog, Geezer. So now Chloe is on the road with an amazing playlist, two unwanted (although admittedly cute) passengers and motivation to get to the audition.
This book gives people the inspiration to follow their dreams, although technically it does involve Chloe lying to her mom to get there. At the beginning of the book, it mentions Chloe got injured and couldn't dance as competitively as she used to, and even though she had nightmares about it, she still kept persevering and wouldn't stop until she got to that dance audition and crushed it. I enjoyed how it gave a testament to being brave, even though Chloe broke more than a few rules. It also showed a "don't judge a book by it's cover" theme because at the beginning Chloe was totally against Eli and Geezer coming, but once she started talking to them, she found out that there's more to them (more specifically Eli) than meets the eye. For the most part I really enjoyed this book, although I definitely wasn't as invested in this book as I have been in other books. Some parts were rather slow but others kept me enraptured and time flew by (although I won't tell you which parts because it could give away spoilers).
Similar books to I Wanna Be Where You Are are Bunheads by Sophie Flack and Attitude by Robin Stevenson.
"It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are."
~E.E Cummings
-A. Quill
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