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0 stars romance - middle grade, so very clean
0 stars language - once again, middle grade
Thank you Penguin Random House for the ARC! This review is my own facts and opinions.
☆⛤♥⭑plot⭑♥⛤☆
April has lived her whole life with a tracheotomy tube, something that helps her breathe and that she needs to live. However, it sticks out from her neck and is very visible. She doesn’t let that stop her. She absolutely loves musical theater and when she sees her school is doing a play she signs up immediately. She thinks her audition goes great, but then she is regulated to stage crew, with no acting role whatsoever. She overhears the theater teacher say that the reason she isn’t cast is because of her tube and she creates a plan to show Mrs. Rooney (the teacher) that she can do it.
☆⛤♥⭑thoughts⭑♥⛤☆
I LOVED this book! I really enjoyed reading this book. It reminded me of A Chance To Fly, a book in which Nat (who is in a wheelchair) tries out for Wicked and has a role with no dancing and has to fight for her role. I really hope that the author writes more books because I really enjoyed reading this story. It was a page-turner because I was really invested in the story and really enjoyed reading it!
☆⛤♥⭑april⭑♥⛤☆
April was such a fun character and she threw herself into the whole show. She was a very strong character who fought to be seen as more than her disability. She was very kind, even when people were rude to her about her tracheotomy. I felt for her, as she expected to have a good role, even the lead role and to be regulated to absolutely nothing on stage and just an offstage role. When she had to deal with other kids, she was kind and patient to a point and then she would say what needed to be said.
☆⛤♥⭑theater⭑♥⛤☆
As someone who loves theater, the music, watching the shows, being in them, all of it, this book was like a dream come true. It felt very realistic and just how I remember my last few shows. The kids in the show were all passionate, but there was that one kid who just doesn’t really care.
xoxo
emma
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