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Author
Publisher
Arthur A. Levine Books
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
In her first ever teaching job, Miss Loupe uses improvisational acting exercises with her sixth-grade students at an Air Force base school, and when she experiences a family tragedy, her previously skeptical class members use what they have learned to help her, her brother, and other wounded soldiers.
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English
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Eleven-year-old Ava Andrews has a Technicolor interior with a gray shell. On the inside, she bubbles with ideas and plans. On the outside, everyone except her best friend, Zelia, thinks she doesn't talk or, worse, is stuck-up. What nobody knows is that Ava has invisible disabilities: anxiety and a heart condition.Ava hopes middle school will be a fresh start, but when Zelia moves across the country and Ava's Nana Linda pushes her to speak up about...
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English
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Dara Palmer dreams of being an actress, but when she does not get a part in the school play she wonders if it is because of her different looks as an adopted girl from Cambodia, so Dara becomes determined not to let prejudice stop her from being in the spotlight.
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Series
Starring Jules volume 1
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Jules is an ordinary seven-year-old girl, concerned with school and friends and other ordinary things--until a chance meeting with a casting director leads to an audition for a television commercial.
8) Ballet shoes
Author
Series
Shoes volume 1
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
1993.
Language
English
Description
Determined to make a name for themselves, three adopted sisters living in London train for the ballet and the stage and in the process discover that each has a special talent.
10) 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"--
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Series
Unicorn in New York volume 2
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Louie is excited to be in his first school play, but everything begins going wrong, including his best friend getting cast in the wrong part, and Louie setting the stage on fire.
Author
Series
Unicorn in New York volume 1
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Louie the Unicorn is a star! At least, he will be once he polishes his act at performing arts school. With a song in his heart, a spring in his step, and an unwaveringly sunny outlook, he's about to take the big city by storm. It's time for this unicorn to shine!
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Series
Tales of a sixth-grade Muppet volume 1
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Sixth grader Danvers Blickensderfer really hits rock bottom when he auditions for the local talent show: His death-defying hula-hooping-ninja tribute to the great Gonzo is beat out by the world's most obnoxious middle school boy band, Emo Shun. With his daredevil dreams dashed, Danvers goes to bed wishing he could be just like his idol Gonzo. The next morning, Danvers wakes up feeling a little fuzzy... literally! He's turned into a Muppet! Fortunately,...
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Series
Mango Delight volume 3
Publisher
Sterling Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Landing the starring role in a new television series, Mango Delight Fuller must face the realities of success as she deals with a star's extra-heavy workload, while managing the changes to her family's life, and keeping egos in check and heartbreak at bay.
16) Illyria: a novel
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
Teenage cousins Madeleine and Rogan, who share twin souls and a sexual relationship, are cast in a school production of Twelfth Night that forces them to confront their respective strengths and future prospects.
Author
Series
Unicorn in New York volume 4
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Louie the Unicorn is a star! At least, he will be once he polishes his act at performing arts school. With a song in his heart, a spring in his step, and an unwaveringly sunny outlook, he's about to take the big city by storm. It's time for this unicorn to shine!
Author
Series
Stella Batts volume 8
Publisher
Sleeping Bear Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Stella gets a chance to audition for her favorite television show when she meets a casting director who thinks she is perfect for the role, so she rehearses her lines until she know the part by heart, but the audition does not go as planned.
19) Set the stage!
Author
Series
Tiny geniuses volume 2
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Great minds think alike . . . Jake's class is gearing up for Living History Night. Every student has to do a report about a famous person in history on stage, in front of the whole school. But Jake has major stage fright . . . POP! Fortunately, Jake has some tiny geniuses to help him break a leg! First Lady of Song Ella Fitzgerald and Founding Father Benjamin Franklin know just what Jake needs. But can they help him without spilling the secret...
Author
Publisher
North/South
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
A little girl's mom, who's an opera singer, plays with her and a neighbor child during the day. During the night, when she's on stage, a transformation occurs, and the death scenes leave a special impression on both the audience and her daughter.
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