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Author
Series
Missy's super duper royal deluxe volume 3
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
The class is putting on a play about George Washington Carver, and Missy is mad because she does not have an important part, but when the lead actor freezes, Missy saves the play.
2) Star-crossed
Author
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
When Mattie is cast as Romeo in an eighth-grade play, she is confused to find herself increasingly attracted to Gemma, a new classmate who is playing Juliet.
3) Twelfth
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Twelve-year-old Maren hesitantly enters summer theater camp and finds clues of a mystery about the camp's founding, linking back to the Lavender Scare in Hollywood"--
Author
Series
Nate volume 2
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
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.
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Addie is a talented dancer, a true-blue friend, and a fat, fierce, and driven young woman. When she's accepted into the prestigious dance company of her dreams, she thinks nothing can bring her down-- until she realizes she doesn't have enough money to go. Refusing to give up, Addie and her friends decide to put on a top-secret, invitation-only burlesque show to raise funds. But word soon gets out, and the slut- and body-shaming begin. Has Addie...
7) Short
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
In this heartwarming and funny middle-grade novel by the New York Times bestselling author of Counting by 7s, Julia grows into herself while playing a Munchkin in The Wizard of Oz
Julia is very short for her age, but by the end of the summer run of The Wizard of Oz, she’ll realize how big she is inside, where it counts. She hasn’t ever thought of herself as a performer, but when...
Julia is very short for her age, but by the end of the summer run of The Wizard of Oz, she’ll realize how big she is inside, where it counts. She hasn’t ever thought of herself as a performer, but when...
8) Curtain call
Author
Series
Babymouse: Tales from the locker volume 4
Babymouse Tales from the locker volume 4
Babymouse.Tales from the locker volume 4
Babymouse Tales from the locker volume 4
Babymouse.Tales from the locker volume 4
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Babymouse tries out for the middle school play, but instead of landing the lead role, she gets stuck with playing a clown with one line of dialogue."--
Author
Publisher
Dutton Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House, LLC
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
In the room beneath a theater stage, the ghosts of Juliet, Ophelia, Cordelia, and other teenage girls who died tragically in Shakespeare's plays, share their experiences and trauma and get the chance to retell the stories of their lives in their own terms.
10) Marty McGuire
Author
Series
Marty McGuire books volume 1
Publisher
Findaway World, LLC
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Meet Marty McGuire! Marty would rather spend recess catching frogs in the pond than playing dress-up with the other girls in third grade. So when her teacher casts Marty as the princess in the class play, Marty's absolutely, positively sure that there's been a huge mistake! But after a special lesson in the art of improvisation, Marty comes up with her own plan to improve the play. Maybe a princess in muddy sneakers can live happily ever after, after...
11) Jacky Ha-Ha
Author
Series
Jacky Ha-Ha volume 1
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
Phoebe and her unicorn volume 8
Publisher
Andrew McMeel Publishing
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Phoebe, Marigold, and Marigold's sister, Florence Unfortunate Nostrils, are headed to summer drama camp where they'll face the daunting tasks of writing, producing, and acting in an entirely original play.
13) Long story short
Author
Publisher
Wednesday Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"A sixteen-year-old homeschooled math genius finds herself out of her element at a theater summer camp and learns that life--and love--can't be lived by the (text)book"--
14) Melissa
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Knowing herself to be a girl despite her outwardly male appearance, George is denied a female role in the class play before teaming up with a friend to reveal her true self.
"When people look at George, they think they see a boy. But she knows she's not a boy. She knows she's a girl. George thinks she'll have to keep this a secret forever. Then her teacher announces that their class play is going to be Charlotte's Web. George really, really, REALLY...
Author
Series
Geronimo Stilton. Thea Stilton volume 20
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
" While on vacation in Greece, the Thea Sisters make friends with a company of actors who are rehearsing for a play that's about to open. When an actress sprains her ankle, Colette ends up standing in for her! But suddenly, right before the performance, the lead actor goes missing. Can the mouselets find him in time for the show to go on?" --
17) Drama
Author
Series
Publisher
Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Callie rides an emotional roller coaster while serving on the stage crew for a middle school production of Moon over Mississippi as various relationships start and end, and others never quite get going.
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