Grace's Turn

By: Christy Carlson Romano

Narrated by: Christy Carlson Romano

Length: 5 hrs and 6 mins

Publisher's Summary

Grace di Giovanni wants to be a Broadway star, but she has a long way to go. She's never even played a lead in one of her high school's musicals. This year, though, Grace and her best friend, Emily, have decided they're not going to just fade into the background. This year will be different.

Grace spent the summer at a performing-arts camp, practicing day and night. So when it's announced that Grease, Grace's all-time favorite, is this year's musical, she is determined to play Sandy, the lead. But Grace will have to beat out her more experienced rival, Terri, and impress a top Broadway director if she wants to be the one in the spotlight.

©2006 Christy Carlson Romano (P)2006 Random House, Inc. Listening Library, an imprint of the Random House Audio Publishing Group

Good young teen book

Though a typical "high school girl teen" story, it was better than most. It had all the regular issues of wanting to be popular, maintaining girl friendships while having a first boyfriend, dealing with siblings and clueless parents. However, it also had the interesting twist of getting the lead role in the high production of Grease. And even though Grace had a boyfriend, they weren't having sex yet (and it wasn't a huge deal or a lot of pressure to.) Both my 13 and 17 year old girls liked this book.

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