Zadie loves Tae Kwon Do, comic books, and outer space. She also loves visiting the community theater that her mom runs, especially the lighting grid over the stage and the stage manager's booth, which is filled with levers and buttons like a spaceship control panel. So when the family's finances suffer a blow and Zadie has to give up her usual activities to spend the summer at the theater, she doesn't mind too much. After all, she's always wanted to tech a show.
She knows she'd be great at it, but her mom and the new stage manager are totally opposed to the idea of having a kid do tech. Instead, Zadie's stuck handing out snacks and folding flyers. But the future of the theater rides on this show, and Zadie is determined to help. She's going to make Spinderella the hit of the season--unless she accidentally turns it into a disaster.
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In a “relatable fish-out-of-water story” Joy McCollough’s middle grade novel NOT STARRING ZADIE LOUISE centers “themes of passion and perseverance amid life change” https://t.co/Or1GBNOQFu
author, playwright, mom. she/her picture books, middle grade, young adult next book: Enter the Body (YA, 3-23) rep: Jim McCarthy https://t.co/9dfBtFQ3O7
My contributions to your #BNPreorder25 sale carts! CODE RED - MG, JLG selection, starred review from Kirkus! THE STORY OF A BOOK - picture book w/gorgeous illustrations by Devon Holzwarth! and the paperback of (NOT) STARRING ZADIE LOUISE - zany MG theater book
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