"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"-- Provided by publisher.

Bertie, who is blessed with word magic, and her fairy sidekicks, seek to save Nate, who has been kidnapped by the Sea Witch, but Bertie is torn between Nate and Ariel, an air spirit who loves Bertie enough to die for her.

Nancy is elated to be in the school play, but when her embarrassing performance is posted on YouTube, she must overcome her shame and embrace her infamy.

Loren D. Estleman is widely considered one of America's finest Western authors. In this riotous and action-packed tale of Old West high jinx, a band of thieves posing as a traveling theater troupe runs afoul of a clever Pinkerton agent.

In New York Times bestselling author Anthony Horowitz's ingenious fourth literary whodunit following The Word is Murder, The Sentence is Death, and A Line to Kill, Horowitz becomes the prime suspect in a murder investigation--and only one man can prove his innocence: his newly estranged partner in solving crime, Detective Hawthorne. "I'm sorry but the answer's no." Reluctant author, Anthony Horowitz, has had enough. He tells ex-detective Daniel Hawthorne...

The continuing adventures of seventh-grader Mackenzie Blue as she tries to juggle her time and attention between a developing crush, the school musical, her family, and her friends.

Bertie thinks that to complete her quest to have a true family she need only reunite her father, the Scrimshander, with her mother, Ophelia, but complications arise and she is torn between her responsibilities and the dream of flying free, just as she is torn between Nate and Ariel.

Young people and improvisational theater should be a natural combination-so why do we so rarely find this combo in today's classrooms? According to Elizabeth Swados-playwright, director, composer, poet, author of children's books and of an acclaimed family memoir-improvisational theater is the perfect creative outlet for junior-high and high-school students . . . if only they can be given the tools and the guidance to make the most of this natural...

When she learns her class will be doing a play, little Louise Cheese has big dreams of being the star, but when her best friend is given the lead she learns that even the small roles count.

Pinky is jealous when his best friend Rex gets the lead in the school play, even though she only tried out to give Pinky moral support.