Author- Raina Telgemeier
Genre- Graphic Novel, Everyday Life
Theme- Be persistent
Target audience- 10+
l chose to be persistent for the theme because when Callie's (the main character) school did the school production for Moon over Mississippi, Callie wanted to audition but she couldn't sing. So, she had to stick to being on stage crew instead. She kept trying to do her job but there was a lot of stress from the actors and everything was going wrong!
l chose 10+ for the target audience because some of the pictures I would say are only tweens and up (there is a very brief kissing scene). There are also lots of characters that have similar names and it is easy to get confused.
This book, Drama was about a school production. Callie had always been in stage crew because she can't sing. At all. She's determined, however, to make something that could be at broadway with a middle school budget. But what happens when the tickets are down and the stage crew are having trouble working as a team? Callie still has her own problems to solve. Not to mention eighth grade formal...
I give this book 4 out of 5 stars because I feel the ending was quite rushed. It wasn't the best ending but it wasn't the worse either. This was a well drawn graphic novel and I could understand the plot. This shows that the pictures conveyed the story well.
The question of the post is would you like to act in a production? I don't think I would as I have stage fright. Personally, I also find it quite daunting to perform/talking in front of people. I would rather be in the background, painting sets, directing, making costumes, doing make up etc.
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