Peschke, M. (Marci).
Summary: "It's the start of a new school year, and Kylie Jean wants to play the Queen of Hearts in her second grade class's production of Alice in Wonderland. She works on her lines with her family's bull dog, Ugly Brother (whose real name is Bruno), until she memorizes every last one for the tryouts. Unfortunately, the new girl at school, Paula, sets her sights on the same role."--Amazon.com.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books 2011
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC PESBrown, Monica
Summary: "Lola Levine is given a non-speaking part after getting stage fright during her class play audition. She saves the play after a couple of obstacles with the help of her grandmother"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2016
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED BROPatterson, James
Summary: "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"-- Provided by publisher.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in JT Audio Books, Call number: JT CD Fiction PattersonStoeve, Ray
Summary: Dean Foster has watched enough YouTube videos and done enough questioning to be sure he's a trans guy. But everyone at his high school thinks he's a lesbian-- including his girlfriend Zoe, and his theater director, who just cast him as a "nontraditional" Romeo. Maybe it would be easier to wait until college to come out. But as he plays Romeo every day in rehearsals, Dean realizes he wants...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Amulet Books 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC STOFederle, Tim
Summary: When E.T.: The Musical closes, Nate reluctantly returns home to begin high school and, with his best friend, Libby, makes a project of turning Dickens' Great Expectations into a musical.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2018
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Place a hold to request this item.Kirby, Stan.
Summary: 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.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little Simon 2012
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Summary: A sprained leg threatens to take away Henry's role as the lead character in his school play.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little Simon 2023
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Place a hold to request this item.Brown, Marc Tolon.
Summary: Arthur finds his role as director of the Thanksgiving play a difficult one, especially since no one will agree to play the turkey.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown 1984
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC BROShepard, Sara
Summary: Fifth grader Penny, who doodles to cope with anxiety, is cast in her class play.
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Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 2024
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Summary: Eight adventures of Junie B. Jones in the First Grade.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Random House/Listening Library 2007
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Place a hold to request this item.Gilman, Grace.
Summary: Dixie the puppy plays with Emma every day after school until Emma starts memorizing her lines for the school play.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2011
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1 available in Beginning Readers - New Reader (Green), Call number: JBR GREEN GILSchreiber, Joe
Summary: Told from three viewpoints, thirteen-year-old scientific genius Lenny Cyrus shrinks himself and, helped by his best friend Harlan, enters the body of Zooey, the girl he has loved since third grade, hoping to physically change her mind about him on the very day her play opens.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin 2013
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J FIC SCHShepherd, Jodie.
Summary: Assigned the less-than-leading role of "Cow Number 2" in her school's play, Olivia manages to secure her place in the spotlight after all.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon Spotlight 2009
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: E ShePatterson, James
Summary: James Patterson introduces his hilarious new heroine, Jacky Ha-Ha, a class clown who makes people laugh with her so they can't laugh at her. 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 from thinking about not-so-funny things in her life, like her...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Audio 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD PATKhorram, Adib
Summary: "A high school stage manager has to face his complicated feelings about love when he catches himself falling for the same guy as his sister"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Books 2024
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1 available in New YA Materials, Call number: YA FIC KHOTurk, Mariko
Summary: "An emotional story about a former ballerina who is thrust back into 'normal' high school after a life-changing injury, and who comes to terms with life without her passion as well as discrimination in the ballet world"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC TURKlein, Abby.
Summary: 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.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Blue Sky Press 2008
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE KLECabot, Meg.
Summary: Allie's theatrical hopes are crushed when, instead of being cast as the princess, she is given the role of the evil queen in the fourth-grade class play.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic 2009
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC CABElliott, Rebecca
Summary: Eva's class is putting on a play, Snowy White and the seven owlets, but Eva is a little disappointed when she is cast as the Magic Mirror (and Snowy White's understudy); the owl students are making all the sets, props, and costumes, and rehearsal is a little chaotic--but the play is going well until Snowy White hurts her leg and Eva has to fill in for real.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Branches/Scholastic 2020
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2 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE ELLMcNamara, Margaret
Summary: "Mrs. Connor's class is putting on a play at Robin Hill School! Emma is excited to land a role...but when the big day comes, she forgets her lines. Will Mrs. Connor's breathing exercise help Emma calm down and save the show?"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon Spotlight 2021
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1 available in Beginning Readers - New Reader (Green), Call number: JBR GREEN MCNMayer, Gina.
Summary: In four stories, Little Critter complains about the unfairness of his parents' rules, realizes he doesn't know everything, decides that a new critter is not too different to be his friend, and takes part in the school play.
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Publisher / Publication Date: FastPencil Premiere 2012
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1 available in Kids' Favorite Characters, Call number: JE CRINaylor, Phyllis Reynolds.
Summary: Alice's first year of high school is difficult, but with the help of her father, older brother, and her friends she feels better about herself.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers 2010
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Place a hold to request this item.Polonsky, Ami.
Summary: "Grayson, a transgender twelve-year-old, learns to accept her true identity and share it with the world"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hyperion 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC POLPark, Barbara.
Summary: Junie B.'s journal entries start with Room One's stomach virus excitement, the first-grade Columbus Day play, and getting the part of the Pinta, the fastest ship.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2004