Upstaged

Upstaged
Diana Harmon Asher
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Hardback
h140 x 140mm - 288pg
11 Aug 2020 US
International import eta 7-19 days
9781419740817
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A shy actress steps into the spotlight in this charming middle-grade novel Shira Gordon is painfully shy. She rarely speaks and blushes at everything. And yet, when she' s alone in her room, she' ll sing and dance, dreaming she were different. So when her best friend forces her to audition for their school' s production of The Music Man, she' s mostly hoping the play will get canceled. . . but a tiny part of her hopes she' ll get in. And she does. As a member of the barbershop quartet. Playing a dude with a mustache is not exactly her dream role, but Shira is surprised by how much she loves rehearsing with her quirky new friends. When her teacher asks her to understudy the lead role, Marian the Librarian, she reluctantly accepts. It' s not easy to understudy Monica Manley, an eighth-grade diva who will not be upstaged. And things get even more complicated when a mysterious prankster starts playing tricks on Monica and Shira' s crush joins the cast. But something keeps Shira going, and it might just be Marian herself. Sure, Marian is a leading lady, but she' s also misunderstood, lonely . . . and shy. And if a star can be shy, then maybe, just maybe, a shy person can be a star.
"Hand to fans of Andrew Keenan-Bolger' s "Jack and Louisa" books or Tim Federle' s "Nate" series, as well as to the school theatre crowd and shy girls everywhere. " -- "School Library Journal" "Readers who participate in chorus or theater will appreciate the articulate portrayal of the work, the tension, the camaraderie, and the occasional magic of those experiences. " -- "Booklist" "Asher draws readers so deeply into the drama of these young thespians' lives that rooting for them is easier than flubbing a line on the first day off-book. "-- "Kirkus Reviews"
Diana Harmon Asher is the author of Sidetracked, which was an ABA Indies Introduce book and an ALA Notable Children' s Book. She is the mother of three sons and is deeply immersed in reading and writing programs at the nonprofit organization the Children' s Village and at Blythedale Children' s Hospital, both in Westchester, New York.
Status: Active
ISBN-13: 9781419740817
Published: 11 Aug 2020
Published In: United States
Imprint: Amulet Books
Publisher: Abrams
Format: Hardback
Height: 140mm
Width: 140mm
Pages: 288

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