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1) Pest in show
Author
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Ladybug's efforts to put on a show for her family and friends may be ruined if her little brother, Fly, gets in on the act--or maybe not.
2) Upstaged
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Painfully shy seventh-grader Shira Gordon is cast in a small role in The Music Man and also as understudy for the lead, played by diva Monica Manley, who becomes the victim of a prankster.
Author
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
Convinced she'll get the lead in the community theater's newest production, autistic girl Maya, who lives and breathes musicals, finds things not turning out exactly the way she planned and must figure out how to play the part that truly feels like her own.
Author
Series
Nate volume 1
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
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."
5) Drama queen
Author
Series
Candy apple books. Main series volume 5
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Charlie and her best friend Nicole never dreamed that auditioning for the junior high's musical would lead to this much drama! Charlie gets stuck babysitting her little sister--and her sister's imaginary friend--at rehearsals. The school's theater diva has it out for her. And who gets picked to play the male lead? The cutest guy in school! But when the curtain finally goes up, the spotlight falls on something no one expected-- especially Charlie.
Author
Series
Beverly Billingsly books volume 2
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
When she auditions for the school musical, Beverly is too frightened to make a sound, but she ends up being very important to the class's performance.
Author
Series
Mindy Kim volume 9
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Mindy tries to step into the spotlight in her community theater production.
9) Wished
Author
Series
Fairy Tale Reform School volume 5
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Maxine, with the help of an over-enthusiastic genie, makes a wish that has everyone at the Fairy Tale Reform School focusing on producing a musical rather than figuring out how to combat Rumpelstiltskin.
10) The roadtrip
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Just after finishing a production of High School Musical the Musical, a group of Utah high school students goes to Jackson Hole, Wyoming, for a High School Musical Convention.
Author
Series
Nate volume 3
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
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.
Author
Series
Mango Delight volume 2
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
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.
14) The callback
Author
Series
Audition trilogy (Maddie Ziegler) volume 2
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Harper McCoy, twelve, joins the school musical hoping to get past "dancer's block," but her Dance Starz teammates are not pleased, especially since they will soon compete against their biggest rivals, The Belles, in Regionals.
Author
Series
Nate volume 2
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Now on Broadway as second understudy for E.T., Nate Foster keeps in close contact with his best friend, Libby, as he faces his nemesis, Jordan Rylance, and his own insecurities as the cast member with the least training and experience.
17) As if on cue
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
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Description
It seems that aspiring playwright Natalie and musician Reid have been in competition all their young lives, but when they are forced to compete for scarce school budget dollars they embark on an all-out prank war which backfires; now they are forced to cooperate, pool their talents and ambitions to produce a school musical--and not only is cooperation an unfamiliar role, but they are suddenly starting to have feelings for each other.
Author
Series
Mouseford Academy volume 6
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"There's going to be a musical at Mouseford, and the students can't stop squeaking about it. Everyone wants a role, but the auditions won't be easy. Plus, sneaky Ruby Flashyfur has some tricks up her sleeve. Will the Thea Sisters come out on top--or will they be singing a different tune when the auditions are over?"--Back cover.
19) Green
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Green, a non-binary middle-schooler, comes into their own in no small part by fighting for gender-free casting in their school's production of The Wizard of Oz.
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