Now that the record company is going to give the Cheetah Girls a test single deal, Chanel and Galleria duke it out for control of the group. At last they compromise and write a new song together, "It's Raining Benjamins."

It seems like Galleria and the Cheetah Girls have been waiting forever to record the demo tape that's going to set the music industry on fire. They were all set to go last month, but then an accident put one girl on crutches and the Cheetahs' dreams on ice. Once they're all walking again, the Cheetahs set a date with their producer—but a four-legged problem is about to derail their plans.Galleria's next-door neighbor has a pregnant dog, and she insists that Galleria's pooch Toto is ...

Chanel has never written a song before, and she's overjoyed when her first effort, "It's Raining Benjamins," proves a hit for the Cheetah Girls. But when another group accuses her of stealing lyrics, Chanel admits that not all the words were her own. Broken-hearted and ashamed, Chanel is so low that she's considering taking up ballet, which could mean giving up on the Cheetah Girls—for good!American Ballet Theatre is recruiting junior dancers, and Chanel is going to get on that danc...

It's only been four weeks since Chanel's ballet accident put her on crutches, but for a Cheetah Girl, a month without dancing feels like an eternity. When she finally ditches the cast, she has trouble getting up to speed. The Cheetahs are further than ever from landing a record deal, but Chanel's friends don't seem to care about anything besides their new puppies. Worst of all, Chanel gained some weight while she was off her feet, and she feels like she doesn't fit in with the other Cheeta...

It's Thanksgiving, and Aquanette and Angie Walker are headed home to Houston to wow their old friends with stories of life in the Big Apple. But in between eating, laughing, and being spooked by their grandpa's funeral home, these outrageous twins have something bigger on their minds: getting the Cheetah Girls a record deal!First they have to find their way into the concert for Karma's Children, Texas superstars who have been making Angie and Aqua jealous for as long as they can rem...

Whether they're backstage at a Mariah Carey concert or on stage at a Houston rodeo, the Cheetah Girl twins Angie and Aqua know how to have fun. But since their father started dating the high priestess Abala Shaballa—yes, that's really her name!—there's one place the fun never starts: their apartment. Abala talks like she's from outer space, decorates like she's designing a haunted house, and has their dad on an all-herbal diet that's turned him as skinny as a skeleton. The high priestess m...

Chanel doesn't want to wait until the Cheetah Girls strike it rich to earn enough to buy all the clothes she adores, so she starts charging on her mom's credit card.

Dorinda's dance teacher tells her that she's got what it takes to audition as a back-up dancer for the singing sensation Money Monique. This is Dorinda's chance to really make it. But since Dorinda has always been the best dancer in the Cheetah Girls, she's been the one to make up the group's "phat" dance moves. If she gets chosen to tour with Money Monique, she'll have to leave the Cheetah Girls and Mrs. Bosco, her foster mother, behind.

After winning the talent competition at the Harlem School of the Arts, the Cheetah Girls have cred uptown and down. Dorinda, the most stylish Cheetah of all, thinks they're finally on their way to music industry millions. But just when things are clicking for the Cheetahs, Dorinda's home life threatens to come apart at the seams.Dorinda lives in foster care with almost a dozen other children, and even though Mr. and Mrs. Bosco aren't their real parents, they're the only fam...

It's the dead of winter, but Galleria and her Cheetah sisters aren't feeling the chill. They're in sunny Houston, where they just played the biggest show of their lives, and are feeling closer than ever to the record deal that will make them famous. But just because this concert is over doesn't mean the Cheetahs are ready to pack up and head home. There's a rodeo in town, and Galleria is gonna get the Cheetah Girls up on stage—if she has to rope a bull to do it!As if bucking broncos...

The hip, contemporary paperback series for black girls continues, featuring a singing group of five feisty teens.

First in the series that inspired the Disney Channel films—about fashion, music, and a group of girlfriends on the road to diva-hood in New York City . . .Galleria is fourteen, half black and half Italian, and a new student at Manhattan's Fashion Industries High School. Luckily her best friend, Chanel, is right there by her side. Wanting to beef up their cash flow, they decide to form a singing group of their own—and invite three other girls to join them.No...