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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Description
One snowy night Arthur Leander, a famous actor, has a heart attack onstage during a production. Jeevan Chaudhary, is in the audience and leaps to his aid. A child actress named Kirsten Raymonde watches in horror as Jeevan performs CPR, pumping Arthur's chest as the curtain drops, but Arthur is dead. That same night, as Jeevan walks home from the theater, a terrible flu begins to spread. Hospitals are flooded and Jeevan and his brother barricade themselves...
Author
Series
Marty McGuire books volume 1
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
When tomboy Marty is cast as the princess in the third-grade play, she learns about improvisation, which helps her become more adaptable.
Author
Series
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
In Acton, Oregon, sisters Alex, Stevie, and Joey take turns telling about their lives, including auditioning for the same part in the school musical, baking contest-worthy cupcakes, and becoming obsessed with "Little Women."
Author
Series
Chance to fly volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 8
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.
Author
Series
Louise the big cheese volume 1
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2009
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
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.
9) Jacky Ha-Ha
Author
Series
Jacky Ha-Ha volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Jacky Hart tries to turn over a new leaf and end her reign as class clown, even though being funny helps distract her from her mother's deployment and her father's increased absence from home.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Formats
Description
Between rehearsals for the school play and managing her divided family, seventeen-year-old Megan meets aspiring playwright Owen Okita, who agrees to help her attract the attention of a cute stagehand in exchange for help writing his new script.
Author
Series
Stink Moody volume 11
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2018
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"It's spring break, and Stink is faced with a difficult choice: hang out at home with his sister, Judy, or become a Shakespeare Sprite with his friend Sophie of the Elves. Hanged be! When Sophie tells Stink that there will be swordplay and cursing at Shakespeare camp, his choice is made. But wait! How now? The eager young thespian hadn't counted on Riley Rottenberger being a Sprite, too. And he positively had not counted on being the only boy! Fie...
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Formats
Description
There are places where you want to go and places where you want to leave. There are also places where you want to stay.
Nine-year-old Daniel must move across the county with his mom after his parents’ divorce. He’s leaving behind his whole life―everything―and he’s taking a suitcase of anger with him. But Daniel is in for a surprise when he settles into While-a-Way Lane and meets his new neighbors―the Lemonade Girl, the hopscotching mailman,...
Author
Publisher
Dreamscape Media
Pub. Date
2022
Edition
Unabridged
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
With her mom's job and theater on the line, Zadie is determined to help make their show Spinderella the hit of the season--that is unless she accidentally turns it into a disaster.
14) Acting skills
Author
Series
Publisher
Smart Apple Media
Pub. Date
c2013
Language
English
Description
"Provides readers with acting techniques, presents different kinds of stage shows, and explains how to create costumes and apply makeup. Encourages readers to practice acting skills to hone their performance skills. Lists potential careers that actors and performers have"--Provided by publisher.
15) Burlesque
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Ali is a small-town girl with a big voice who escapes hardship to follow her dreams to LA. After stumbling upon The Burlesque Lounge, a majestic but ailing theater that is home to an inspired musical revue, Ali lands a job as a cocktail waitress from Tess, the club's proprietor and headliner. After Ali finally makes her way from the bar to the stage, things take a dramatic turn when her larger than life voice causes a charismatic entrepreneur to make...
Author
Series
Nancy Clancy volume 5
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2015
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
It's Nancy's time to shine as she takes center stage in the school play. There's no way she will get stuck again in the chorus. When she gets a call-back, she's overwhelmed with joy, but after her performance ends up on YouTube and her stardom goes viral, will humiliation rule?
17) Dixie
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.7 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
200L
Language
English
Description
Dixie the puppy plays with Emma every day after school until Emma starts memorizing her lines for the school play.
18) Acting & theatre
Author
Series
Publisher
EDC Pub
Pub. Date
c1992
Edition
Universal ed.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks
Pub. Date
2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Formats
Description
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 consequences.
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