My Life, the Theater, and Other Tragedies
Kindle Edition
EgmontUSA · Ebook · May 10, 2011
High school sophomore Adam Zeigler, who lost his father to a sudden accident two years ago, thinks the best way to live life is behind the spotlight.
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- Who it’s for
- A spotlight operator’s theater-world crush makes backstage boundaries and high-school loyalties suddenly matter.
- Genres
- Theater & Musicals for Teens, Contemporary YA Romance, Funny YA
- Published
- EgmontUSA, May 10, 2011
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High school sophomore Adam Zeigler, who lost his father to a sudden accident two years ago, thinks the best way to live life is behind the spotlight. As a member of the theater crew, he believes he's achieved it all when he wins the coveted job of spotlight operator. But that was before a young actress, Summer, appeared in his view. Instantly smitten, Adam is determined to win her over.
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But to do so, he'll have to defy his best friend and break the golden rule of his school: techies and actors don't mix. Set against the backdrop of a high school production of A Midsummer Night's Dream, Zadoff's latest is a bromance, a love story, and theater story in one. The politics of love and high school collide as Adam struggles to find the courage to step out of the shadows and into the light.
Backstage Sparks
A spotlight operator’s theater-world crush makes backstage boundaries and high-school loyalties suddenly matter.
Come here for
- A backstage crush caught between theater’s techies and actors
- High-school romance with a friendship under pressure
Expect
- A love story set around a production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream
- A theater story about finding the nerve to step into view
Where it sits
| Contemporary YA Romance | 77% |
|---|---|
| Theater & Musicals for Teens | 52% |
| Funny YA | 37% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Funny Stories
- Authors
- Allen Zadoff
- Publisher
- EgmontUSA
- Published
- May 10, 2011
- Format
- Ebook
- Reading lane
- Funny Stories