{"product_id":"setting-the-stage-9781645953289","title":"Setting the Stage","description":"\u003cb\u003eSERIES LAUNCH! The full story of a junior high musical production, told exclusively from the POV of the kids backstage. It's \u003ci\u003eHigh School Musical\u003c\/i\u003e, from behind the scenes...without the high school.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEvery cast depends on its stage crew. But what happens when they hate each other? SETTING THE STAGE is the first act in a trilogy that tells the whole story! \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEighth grader Ella Amani has been waiting her whole life to be the stage manager of the middle school musical, and \u003ci\u003ethis is her year\u003c\/i\u003e! \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSomehow she'll have to find jobs for Willow, who's doing stage crew instead of detention, and Sebastian, a shy sixth grader whose sister is the star of the show. She'll have to wrangle Kevin, the clumsy new kid who was homeschooled on a boat, and Levi, her best friend, who \u003ci\u003eused to\u003c\/i\u003e tell her everything. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eStill, Ella's pretty sure she can handle the crew. The cast? That's a different story. They're ungrateful, they treat the crew like servants, and when Ella finally pushes back, they start playing pranks! \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eSetting the Stage\u003c\/i\u003e is a behind-the-scenes look at the \u003ci\u003edrama\u003c\/i\u003e of drama club from the crew's point of view. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLifelong theater geek Lindsay Champion made her stage debut as a tiger in her second-grade musical. Since then, she's built sets, run the light board, operated the spotlight and (her favorite) stage managed. She is a graduate of NYU's Tisch School of the Arts and was the Features Editor at Broadway.com. She is the author of the YA novel \u003ci\u003eSomeday, Somewhere\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Pixel+ink","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51661504119058,"sku":"9781645953289","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_5ef04a69-c74f-435f-b94d-16be85d8a57a.jpg?v=1760446462","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/setting-the-stage-9781645953289","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}