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Author
Series
Nate volume 1
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
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Description
An eighth-grader who dreams of performing in a Broadway musical concocts a plan to run away to New York and audition for the role of Elliot in the musical version of "E.T."
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2016?]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 30 cm
Language
English
Description
If the crayons cannot stop the scribble monster, this picture book and the play "Frankencrayon" may have to be canceled.
Author
Series
Babymouse volume 1
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
c2009
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
91 p. col. ill. 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
As tryouts for the school musical begin, Babymouse takes the starring role in several imaginary Broadway productions, which also feature her debonair new classmate, Henry the hedgehog.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
c2007
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
x, 85 p. : col ill., col. map, music ; 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
A collection of short one-person plays featuring characters, between ten and fifteen years old, who live in or near a thirteenth-century English manor.
6) Jacky Ha-Ha
Author
Series
Jacky Ha-Ha volume 1
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Twelve-year-old Jacky "Ha-Ha" Hart is a class clown with a penchant for pranking--and when she's required to act in the school play to appease her frustrated teachers, she must conquer her stutter"--
Author
Series
Nancy Clancy volume 5
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
128 p. ;
Language
English
Description
"It's Nancy Clancy's time to shine as she takes center stage in the school play! There's no way Nancy will get stuck in the chorus again this year--she's been practicing guitar for months and her audition was superb. So when Nancy gets a callback, she's overwhelmed with joy! But after Nancy's performance during the play is captured on a video that gets posted on YouTube, it seems her stardom has gone viral. Will Nancy's humiliation get the best of...
Author
Language
English
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Description
"As the daughter of immigrants who came to America for a better life, Annie Inoue was raised to dream big. And at the start of seventh grade, she's channeling that irrepressible hope into becoming the lead in her school play. So when Annie lands an impressive role in the production of The King and I, she's thrilled ... until she starts to hear grumbles from her mostly white classmates that she only got the part because it's an Asian play with Asian...
9) The Marvels
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
665 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
In 1766, a boy, Billy Marvel, is shipwrecked, rescued, and goes on to found a brilliant family of actors that flourishes in London until 1900--and nearly a century later, Joseph Jervis, runs away from home, seeking refuge with his uncle in London, and is captivated by the Marvel house, with its portraits and ghostly presences.
10) Goblin secrets
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Hoping to find his lost brother, Rownie escapes the home of the witch Graba and joins a troupe of goblins who perform in Zombay, a city where humans are forbidden to wear masks and act in plays.
Author
Series
Nate volume 2
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
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Formats
Description
Now on Broadway as second understudy for E.T., Nate Foster keeps in close contact with his best friend, Libby, as he faces his nemesis, Jordan Rylance, and his own insecurities as the cast member with the least training and experience.
13) Fosse
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
viii, 723 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"We see Bob Fosse's legacy everywhere--from Broadway to 'Billy Jean' to Beyonce's moves in the 'Single ladies' video. Yet in spite of Fosse's deep cultural significance, no biography has ever brought him fully to life, unveiling the man behind the bowler hat and the swaggering sex appeal. Now, ... cultural historian Sam Wasson traces Fosse's numberless reinventions of himself over a career that would spawn The Pajama game, Cabaret, Pippin, Chicago,...
14) Playing Juliet
Author
Publisher
Sky Pony
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Formats
Description
Beth Sondquist, age twelve and a half, dreams of playing the part of Juliet. For now she's just the cat in Cinderella, but one day, she's determined to become a real actress. But all her hopes for an acting career come crashing down when the Oakfield Children's Theater is slated to be closed. Its new owner has decided to make it into an adult theater, a real theater. Beth and her best friend, Zandy, are willing to do whatever it takes...
Author
Series
For a muse of fire volume 2
Publisher
Greenwillow Books
Pub. Date
2019
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
Jetta is a wanted criminal. The army wants her for treason against the crown, for the sabotage of Hell's Court temple, and for the murder of General Legarde. They also want her for the power in her blood -- the magic that captures wandering spirits to give life to puppets, to rocks, to paper, to weapons. They're willing to trade the elixir that treats Jetta's madness for the use of her blood. The rebels want her, too, to help them reclaim their country....
Author
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
291 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Told from multiple points of view, the lives of Frankie, Jo, Phoenix, Nick, and Bella are changed forever after one of them is sexually assulted at a party--and it looks like the perpetrator might get away with it.
Author
Publisher
Annick Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
247 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"A laugh-out-loud YA debut that examines the realities of small-town queer life and celebrates the transformative power of drag--perfect for fans of RuPaul's Drag Race and Pumpkin. Peter Thompkins needs a public image overhaul. After a tense confrontation with one of the few other queer kids in his small-town high school, rumors about him are becoming more elaborate by the day. Meanwhile, his best friend Alan (aka teen drag queen Aggie Culture) is...
18) Act cool
Author
Publisher
Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
343 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Transgender teen and aspiring actor August lands a spot at a prestigious performing arts high school in New York City, but he struggles to move past the life he left behind, with conservative parents who wanted to send him to conversion therapy.
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
218 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 31 cm
Language
English
Description
Go behind the scenes with photography, original interviews with the cast, crew, Alanis Morissette, and Diablo Cody, and an introduction from Morissette herself on the album's genesis and journey from release to musical--including details and anecdotes on her collaboration on the show. Including the full annotated libretto and a retrospective look at Alanis's artistic influences and the significance of the album within the cultural context of the 90s...
20) Second banana
Author
Publisher
Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
When a girl who feels rotten about playing Second Banana in the annual food and nutrition pageant learns that the girl playing First Banana has stage fright, she suggests a solution to both problems.
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