Overview
Age range 9 to 12 Beth Sondquist, age twelve and a half, dreams of playing the part of Juliet. For now she's just the cat in Cinderella, but one day, she's determined to become a real actress. But all her hopes for an acting career come crashing down when the Oakfield Children's Theater is slated to be closed. Its new owner has decided to make it into an adult theater, a real theater. Beth and her best friend, Zandy, are willing to do whatever it takes to save the theater, but their plans quickly go awry. When Beth's father catches her sneaking back into her bedroom window well past bedtime, Beth is in big, big trouble. With eviction looming, the children's theater director decides to close the theater with the same play the theater opened with fifty years ago-Romeo and Juliet. But Beth's grounded for the next two weeks, and she won't be able to try out. How will Beth pull off playing Juliet if she can't even make tryouts?
Full Product Details
Author: JoAnne Stewart Wetzel
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing
Imprint: Sky Pony Press
Dimensions:
Width: 14.60cm
, Height: 2.30cm
, Length: 21.00cm
Weight: 0.374kg
ISBN: 9781634501835
ISBN 10: 1634501837
Pages: 208
Publication Date: 19 November 2015
Recommended Age: From 8 to 12 years
Audience:
Children/juvenile
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Children's (6-12)
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
The novel effectively captures the cadence and essence of preteen-speak and the intense, hyperbolic feeling of life onstage, when flubbing a line or missing an entrance is as catastrophic as being grounded... An earnest and creditable effort that will resonate with thespians both young and old. --Kirkus Reviews Playing Juliet is cinematic, fast-paced, full of theater magic, misdirection, and Shakespeare... I couldn't stop reading. --Jane Yolen, award-winning author of Owl Moon and How Do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight? Joanne Stewart Wetzel's middle-grade debut is a hit! Starry-eyed, yet hopelessly superstitious, Beth Sondquist dreams of someday playing Juliet. With the threat of her local children's theater closing, the part of a lifetime may happen sooner than she ever anticipated. Playing Juliet is a dazzling adventure in which readers are sure to find that 'parting is such sweet sorrow.' --Kerry O'Malley Cerra, author of the Crystal Kite Award winner Just a Drop of Water Bravo! A standing ovation for Playing Juliet, an adventure-filled story that offers a look backstage into the fascinating world of children's theater and introduces a protagonist who will steal your heart as she chases after her dreams. --Miriam Spitzer Franklin, author of Extraordinary
Playing Juliet is cinematic, fast-paced, full of theater magic, misdirection, and Shakespeare... I couldn't stop reading. -Jane Yolen, award-winning author of Owl Moon and How Do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight?
Author Information
JoAnne Stewart Wetzel is a self-proclaimed theater geek, and she recently completed a twenty-year quest to see at least one production of every play written by Shakespeare. She is also a published author of two previous books for children, including a nonfiction theater book, Onstage/Backstage (Carolrhoda). Her picture book, The Christmas Box (Knopf), was named a Noteworthy Book for Children by Bank Street College of Education. She resides in Palo Alto, California.
