Content: G.
BUYING ADVISORY: EL, MS - ADVISABLE
AUDIENCE APPEAL: AVERAGE
12yo Violet Summers loves math and pie! She also loves her dad, but her parents have recently split and dad moved out. Violet auditioned for the school play , the Wizard of Oz, with her best friend Mckenzie - Violet got the role of the Cowardly Lion, McKenzie is a monkey. McKenzie doesn't like Ally who is cast as Dorothy, but she has been friendly and nice to Violet. Even exchanging phone numbers with her feels like a betrayal. McKenzie made Violet quit girl scouts and now, unhappy with her own part in the Wizard of Oz, wants her to quit that too. But Violet is enjoying rehearsals and is starting to make some new friends as well, and maybe if she does well, her parents might see her in the show and get back together.
I loved the show - the rehearsals and costume issues (of course the lion costume is going to smell weird!), I loved running lines and how the cast became a sort of family. I also really liked how Violet made graphs and charts to help her make sense of her problems. Oh, such a sweet book about middle school, parent problems, working out friend issues, and especially discovering the real you.
Lisa Librarian
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