The One In The Middle Is The Green Kangaroo
Second-grader Freddy hates being the middle one in the family until he gets a part in the school play.
FIC
year: 2014
copies: 98
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 310
subjects: family life, brothers and sisters, siblings, theater [X], school stories, humorous stories, family [X], families [X], middle-born children
Surviving The Applewhites
Jake, a budding juvenile delinquent, is sent for home schooling to the arty and eccentric Applewhite family's Creative Academy, where he discovers talents and interests he never knew he had.
FIC
year: 2007
copies: 123
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 820
subjects: eccentrics and eccentricities, theater [X], family life, north carolina, newbery honor, large type books, families [X], theaters, family [X]
Replay
While preparing for a role in the school play, twelve-year-old Leo finds an autobiography that his father wrote as a teenager and ponders the ways people change as they grow up.
FIC
year: 2007
copies: 102
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 850
subjects: conduct of life, family life, fathers and sons, theater [X], schools, school stories, father-son relationship, family [X], families [X]
Here's How I See It
At almost-thirteen, Junebug has never felt right except as stagehand at her father's summer theater, but after her parents separate and an irritating intern takes over her responsibilities, she discovers how hard life can be without a script to follow.
FIC
year: 2009
copies: 7
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 710
subjects: theater [X], family life, actors, asperger's syndrome, family problems, actors and actresses, family [X], dysfunctional families, families [X]
The Sweet, Terrible, Glorious Year I Truly, Completely Lost It
Fourteen-year-old Gemma Stone struggles to understand her shifting emotions as she gets caught up in her older sister's wedding plans, conquers her nerves to try out for the school play, and gets to know one of the most notorious boys in her class.
FIC
year: 2006
copies: 13
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 730
subjects: shakespeare, william, theater [X], schools, family life, weddings, australia, school stories, family [X], families [X]
Rule Of Three
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.
FIC
year: 2010
copies: 9
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 690
subjects: alcott, louisa may, sisters, acting, theater [X], baking, clubs, oregon, humorous stories, family life, family [X], humorous fiction, families [X], humorous fiction