Dara Palmer's Major Drama
by Emma Shevah
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Pub Date Jul 01 2016 | Archive Date Jul 31 2016
SOURCEBOOKS Jabberwocky | Sourcebooks Jabberwocky
Description
Dara Palmer knows for a fact that she was meant to be on stage. But when The Sound of Music is selected for the school musical, Dara isn’t cast as Maria—or at all. She can’t help but wonder: is it because she’s different? Maybe it’s because she was adopted from Cambodia and doesn’t look like a typical fraulein…
So irrepressible Dara comes up with a grand scheme to shake the school: write her own play about her own life. Then she’ll have to be the star.
Advance Praise
“Following Dream On, Amber (2015), Shevah returns with another book, this time deftly navigating the complexity of being a transracial adoptee... this funny, charismatic heroine will capture her readers' hearts.” –Kirkus, STARRED review
“Dara’s larger-than-life personality and true-to-life middle grade issues command center stage until the curtain falls.” –School Library Journal, STARRED review
“Like Shevah’s Dream On, Amber, this entertaining insight into the mind of an adopted child, snappily narrated and exuberantly illustrated, is sure to win readers over, one teaspoonful at a time.” –Publishers Weekly STARRED review
"With themes of transracial adoption, racism, identity, friendship, and sibling rivalry (not to mention a hyperactively decorated page design), there’s a lot going on here, but Shevah’s novel raises interesting questions without attempting to neatly answer them all….[Dara’s] emotional growth is believable and appealing, and her super-chatty narration is never not funny." -The Horn Book Magazine
Available Editions
| EDITION | Hardcover |
| ISBN | 9781492631385 |
| PRICE | $16.99 (USD) |
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