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Olive and the Backstage Ghost


School year: Year 4, Year 5, Year 6, Year 7, Year 8

No. of pages 224

Published: 2017

Great for age 7-13 years

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A ghost story with a literary heart for fans of Neil Gaimans Coraline and The Graveyard Book. Theater kids and ghost-story readers alike will find new meaning in the term stage fright. All great theaters have their ghosts. . . . After Olive Preiss freezes during a theater camp audition, she flees in despair. She finds herself at Maudeville, a beautiful old theater that shes never noticed before. She enters, goes onstage, and sings her song. Thank you for that lovely audition, darling, comes a voice from the shadows. I believe I have just the part for you. Olive is thrilled to work with Maude Devore, the glamorous actress who owns the theater, and her eclectic cast of misfits. Yet gradually there are signs that Maudeville isnt exactly what it seems. Sometimesjust for a moment!it feels wrong. As opening day approaches, Olives doubts and fears grow. But no matter what, this show must go on . . . and on . . . and on. . . .Richly drawn . . . a haunting and ethereal tale.Booklist, Starred Review

 

 

This book is aimed at children at US 3rd grade-7th grade.

This book has been graded for interest at 8-12 years.

There are 224 pages in this book. This book was published in 2017 by Random House USA Inc .

Michelle Schusterman is the author of I Heart Band, a Scholastic Reading Club pick, The Kat Sinclair Files, and Olive and the Backstage Ghost . She's also an instructor at Writopia Lab, a nonprofit organization that offers creative-writing workshops for children and teens from all backgrounds. Find out more at michelleschusterman. com.