February 2015, Barrington Stoke, 64 pages, Paperback, Review copy
Content: lots of drama
Summary from Barrington Stoke
Mel and her friends love the high school Glee Club. They can’t wait to take on their rivals in the tournament finals!
But when the director falls ill and has to pull out, is that the end of their chances at the trophy? Or can Mel pick up the role and lead her team to glory? It could be tricky, especially if tensions in the team start to get the better of them...
But when the director falls ill and has to pull out, is that the end of their chances at the trophy? Or can Mel pick up the role and lead her team to glory? It could be tricky, especially if tensions in the team start to get the better of them...
Nayu's thoughts
As a
fangirl of Jo's Sweet Hearts series I had to read this book. I don't
really know much about Glee, but that didn't prevent me from
understanding the dynamics of the drama group. It is amazing just how
much misunderstanding and miscommunication can effect friendships and
cohesion within a group – I wanted to tell a few of the characters
to stop jumping to conclusions when the facts were staring them in
the face! As frustrating as it was to watch, they all had to make
huge mistakes before they could get themselves together and make the
club's latest project a success. As ever with a Barrington Stoke book
there is a lot of action and emotion packed into this semi-short
read, making it seem just as long as the other novels I read.
Suggested Read
You can guess my suggestion - it's book 1 in the Sweet Hearts series, Star-Crossed (Children's, 9 years +, 10E/10E) I was going to put the cover up, but while searching for a less fuzzy picture than my one I spotted the entire series, which I hope you'll agree looks gorgeous!
Yay Nayu! Thank you so much for this lovely review! (and I'm glad you enjoyed it more than Looking at the Stars, haha!) Jo x
ReplyDeleteYou're so welcome Jo. & yes, I was able to read it in one go! Looking At the Stars still got full marks, it was just a more serious subject than school drama. Wonder what you'll write next!
ReplyDeleteNext up is ELECTRIGIRL, part novel, part graphic novel, about a 12 year old female superhero, out next Feb with OUP! :-) (I am VERY excited about it!!)
ReplyDeleteWould love to review it!!!! ^o^ You're my kind of writer :)
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