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Author
Publisher
Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 7
Physical Desc
252 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
Seventh-grader Sidney Camazzola plans to be the director of the Juicebox Theater one day, but for now, he has a great idea--extortion--for keeping the theater open.
Author
Series
Publisher
Picture Window Books
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
103 p. : col. ill. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Kylie Jean's class is performing Alice in Wonderland and Kylie Jean knows she'd be just perfect as the Queen of Hearts, but mean girl Paula wants the part, too.
4) Replay
Author
Publisher
Joanna Cotler Books
Pub. Date
2005
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 4
Physical Desc
180, 31 p.; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
While preparing for a role in the school play, twelve-year-old Leo finds an autobiography that his father wrote as a teenager and ponders the ways people change as they grow up. Includes the text for the play, "Rumpopo's Porch."
5) Forsooth
Author
Publisher
Carolrhoda Books, an imprint of Lerner Publishing Group, LLC
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
353 pages : 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
Thirteen-year-old Calvin knows he's destined to be a star... if he can just stop making embarrassing mistakes, like getting stuck on a single line--"Forsooth!"--and then falling off the stage during the school play. The summer after seventh grade, he's hoping for a fresh start. All he has to do is prove himself as an actor and fix the awkwardness with his friends that started after the play.
But nothing's going according to plan. His parents don't...
Author
Series
Main Street volume 2
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
c2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 6
Physical Desc
205 p. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Flora worries about her first Thanksgiving without her parents, while Ruby worries about getting a part in the school musical, and their new friends, Olivia and Nikki, are adjusting to big changes in their families.
Author
Series
Cam Jansen adventure volume 21
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
54 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
When a thief takes the box office money at the school play, Cam uses her photographic memory to solve the mystery.
Author
Series
Captain Awesome volume no. 6
Publisher
Little Simon
Pub. Date
c2012
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
115 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
When second-grader Eugene McGillicudy is forced to be the star of the students' winter play, he relies on his superpowered alter ego to help him.
Author
Publisher
Viking Press
Pub. Date
[1970]
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
206 p. : illus. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Henry had meant to merely launch his career as a producer in small Grover's Corner, but before the summer was over, he had organized a rock-music festival and put on a wild, wild rodeo.
Author
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 8
Physical Desc
279 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
After moving across the country, thirteen-year-old Natalie auditions for her new school's play and overcomes her fears and insecurities about performing in a wheelchair.
11) Jacky Ha-Ha
Author
Series
Jacky Ha-ha volume 1
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
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
Ready Freddy! volume 15
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Freddy is unhappy about playing the turkey in his first-grade Thanksgiving Day play, especially with Max bullying and teasing him, but his grandfather and principal both give him ideas for making the part fun.
13) Short
Author
Publisher
Puffin Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 10
Physical Desc
296 pages ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
"Very short for her age, Julia grows into her sense of self while playing a munchkin in a summer regional theater production of The Wizard of Oz"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Mermaid tales volume 12
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
95 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Longing for onstage stardom, Pearl auditions for the third-grade play and gets the part of the evil sea witch while her best friend is cast in the lead, a situation that challenges their friendship.
15) All about Ellie
Author
Series
Critter Club volume 2
Publisher
Little Simon
Pub. Date
c2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
The Critter Club is up and running, and so are the girls--especially Ellie! It's time for Santa Vista Elementary's spring play, and Ellie is trying out for the lead!
16) George
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Formats
Description
"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 wants to play Charlotte. But the teacher says she can't even try out for the part . . . because she's a boy. With the help of her best friend, Kelly, George comes up with a...
Author
Series
You're invited to a creepover volume no. 4
Publisher
Simon Spotlight
Pub. Date
[2011]
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 3
Physical Desc
133 pages ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
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 not survive opening night.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Book-loving Kenny the rabbit has few friends in his farming community, so when one, bookstore owner George, is sent to kill another, gentle dragon Grahame, Kenny must find a way to prevent their battle while satisfying the dragon-crazed townspeople.
19) Curtain call
Author
Series
Babymouse tales from the locker volume 4
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 2
Physical Desc
179 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
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"--
20) The Dreamatics
Author
Publisher
Rocky Pond Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House, LLC
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
311 pages : 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Have you ever awakened from a dream and though, What was THAT?! A platypus waddling through my school while singing the word "farfanoogle"? Well, that dream was performed by a dream theatre, and this is the story of one such place: The Lunarian Grand.
The Lunarian is a fantastical theatre with a mind of its own, often redecorating on a whim or making it snow from the rafters. The theatre's troupe call themselves the Dreamatics. and together they...