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Simply Alice Simply Alice Phyllis Reynolds Naylor In her freshman year, fourteen-year-old Alice experiences changes and challenges with friends, family, and school activities, which leave her feeling better about herself than ever before. OL13431W
Natalie really very much wants to be a star Natalie really very much wants to be a star Dandi Daley Mackall When Natalie does not get the lead role in the Christmas play at her church, she struggles with disappointment and jealousy until she experiences the true meaning of the holiday. OL15058247W
Star of the show Star of the show Fran Manushkin Katie is sad when she is cast as an earthworm in her school play, because that means she cannot be the star. OL15537929W
Marty McGuire Marty McGuire Kate Messner When tomboy Marty is cast as the princess in the third-grade play, she learns about improvisation, which helps her become more adaptable. OL15537965W
The show must go on! The show must go on! P. J. Night Bree is delighted to get the lead role in "The Last Sleepover" at Thomas Jefferson Middle School, but from the start the rehearsals are marked by strange occurrences until she begins to fear she will… OL16116886W
Lucky Fools Lucky Fools Coert Voorhees Eighteen-year-old David Ellison, a senior at Oak Fields Preparatory School which is only a few miles away from the Stanford University campus, tries to reconcile his desire to attend Juillard instead… OL16142074W
The Ghost at the Drive-In Movie The Ghost at the Drive-In Movie Gertrude Chandler Warner,Robert Papp The Aldens are visiting a friend who owns a drive-in movie. The children love to eat popcorn in the car and watch movies under the stars. But one night the sound system starts playing loud music, and… OL16183479W
Silhouetted by the blue Silhouetted by the blue Traci L. Jones After the death of her mother in an automobile accident, seventh-grader Serena, who has gotten the lead in her middle school play, is left to handle the day-to-day challenges of caring for herself an… OL16188834W
Between you & me Between you & me Marisa Calin Phyre, sixteen, narrates her life as if it were a film, capturing her crush on Mia, a student teacher of theater and film studies, as well as her fast friendship with a classmate referred to only as … OL16262973W
Drama Drama Raina Telgemeier Callie loves theater. And while she would totally try out for her middle school's production of Moon over Mississippi, she can't really sing. Instead she's the set designer for the drama department's… OL16793507W
Lenny Cyrus School Virus Lenny Cyrus School Virus Matt Smith,Joe Schreiber In this fast-paced middle grade novel with comic illustrations, boy genius Lenny Cyrus finds out that the human body is basically just like middle school, only a lot ickier. OL17576367W
Jacky Ha-Ha Jacky Ha-Ha Chris Grabenstein,James Patterson,Adam Rau With her irresistible urge to tell a joke in every situation - even when she really, really shouldn't - twelve-year-old Jacky Ha-Ha loves to make people laugh. And cracking wise helps distract her fr… OL17610982W
Louise the big cheese Louise the big cheese Elise Primavera When she learns her class will be doing a play, little Louise Cheese has big dreams of being the star, but when her best friend is given the lead she learns that even the small roles count. OL1812137W
The case of the plagued play The case of the plagued play David Lewman "The school play is in danger of closing before it even opens if Club CSI: can't figure out who's ruining rehearsals! Someone is trying to sabotage the school play, and it's up to Hannah, Ben, and Co… OL18149435W
Shai & Emmie star in Break an egg! Shai & Emmie star in Break an egg! Quvenzhané Wallis When Shai Williams, who plans to become a star on Broadway, loses the lead role in the third-grade musical at her performing arts elementary school in Atlanta, she learns an important lesson about ad… OL19720015W
The Backstagers and the ghost light The Backstagers and the ghost light Andy Mientus Jory didn t know what to expect when he transferred to St. Genesius Prep, an all-boys school known for their incredible theater department. He ends up on the stage crew or backstagers as they like … OL19753896W
Kenny & the dragon Kenny & the dragon Tony DiTerlizzi Kenny Rabbit tries to save his friend, the dragon, after he is labeled a community nuisance by the simple people of Roundbrook village, who arrange for the creature to be fought by St. George. Ken… OL19953260W
My life after now My life after now Jessica Verdi When she loses a leading role and her leading man to another girl, sixteen-year-old Lucy, a member of the high school drama club, does something completely out of character that has life-altering con… OL19964642W
The Diamond of Drury Lane The Diamond of Drury Lane Julia Golding 300 pages ; 20 cm OL20228027W
Iris and Walter (Iris And Walter) Iris and Walter (Iris And Walter) Elissa Haden Guest When Iris moves to the country, she misses the city where she formerly lived; but with the help of a new friend named Walter, she learns to adjust to her new home. OL2346998W
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