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• The Chance to Fly

  Stroker, Ali, 1987-

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  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.

• Drama

  Telgemeier, Raina,

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  Callie finds onstage and offstage drama while working on set design for her middle school musical.

• Summer in the City

  Hyman, Fracaswell,

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  Mango is invited to star in Yo, Romeo! in New York City, but must struggle to balance the opportunity of a lifetime with homesickness, insecurity, and staying close to her best friend long-distance.

• Maya Plays the Part

  Erb, Calyssa,

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  Maya lives and breathes musicals. When her chance to finally be a part of the summer musical program at the community theater comes up, Maya is convinced she will get the lead. Things don't turn out exactly the way Maya's planned though.

• Upstaged

  Easter, Robin,

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  "Best friends Ivy and Ash arrive for a third summer at arts camp, but Ash struggles to tell Ivy about their developing feelings for her."

• Boulevard of Dreams

  Gonzalez, Mandy,

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  When cast members go down a manhole to retrieve a dropped phone, they find themselves in 1950s Manhattan. A big problem, considering the curtain on their play goes up in about two hours--and over sixty years in the future.

• Take It From the Top

  Swinarski, Claire,

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  Julie and Eowyn have been best friends since meeting at theater camp six year ago. Their friendship is off this year though as each try out for a starring role in the camp musical. Chapters alternate between the present and past.

• Better Nate Than Ever

  Federle, Tim,

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  An eighth-grader who dreams of performing in a Broadway musical concocts a plan to run away to New York and audition for the role of Elliot in the musical version of "E.T."

• Not Starring Zadie Louise

  McCullough, Joy,

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  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.

• Short

  Sloan, Holly Goldberg, 1958-

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  "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."

• The Backstagers. Volume One, Rebels Without Applause

  Tynion, James, IV,

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  When Jory transfers to an all-boys private high school, he's taken in by the only ones who don't treat him like a new kid, the lowly stage crew known as the Backstagers.

• Not Your all-American Girl

  Rosenberg, Madelyn, 1966-

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  Lauren's two grandmothers are furious after her friend Tara gets the lead role in the school play, as usual, because in the teacher's mind Lauren, half-Jewish and half-Chinese, does not fit the image of all-American girl.

• Camp Sylvania

  Murphy, Julie, 1985-

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  Things are weird at Camp Sylvania and the camp ghost might be the least of it. At least there are tryouts for a camp production of The Music Man. This place might not be so bad ... until campers start going missing.