Getting the Brush Off (Orca Limelights)

Two years ago, sixteen-year-old Sydney Hart was kicked out of the prestigious Burke Academy when her mother could no longer afford the tuition. She lost a promising future in the arts, as well as her best friend, who didn't want to be seen with an art-academy reject. But now, without Burke's rigid structure, Sydney has found her true passion in performance painting and is busking on Halifax's boardwalk to earn enough money to go to art camp. After the police shut her down, Sydney learns her old school is hosting a "brush-off" speed-painting contest with a cash prize. Entering would mean facing her painful past, not to mention her former friend, who's also competing. After she got kicked out of the prestigious Burke Academy, Sydney Hart lost her shot at becoming a dancer, and she also found herself without a best friend. Two years later, Sydney is following her new desire--to become a performance painter--and she finds out Burke is hosting a "brush off" speed painting contest. However, Sydney knows if she goes back she will have to face her painful past Sydney's dreams are just a brushstroke away