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<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/437590.Dramarama?utm_medium=api&amp;utm_source=blog_review" style="float: left; padding-right: 20px"><img alt="Dramarama" border="0" src="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174768383m/437590.jpg" /></a> <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/437590.Dramarama?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_review">Dramarama</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/173491.E_Lockhart">E. Lockhart</a><br/><br/>
  <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/8401867?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_review"><h3>My review</h3></a>
  rating: 4 of 5 stars<br/>Loads of fun, had me wishing I could jump up on a stage and belt out a Liza Minelli tune or two...A fun book about a different kind of summer camp: drama camp! Sarah feels totally hemmed in by her boring small town life in Ohio. When she and her best friend Demi get accepted to a special summer school for theater students, it's their chance to shine and to show that they can really sing and dance and act well enough to maybe be on Broadway someday. Demi fits right in, and can finally be totally himself: gay and flamboyant and totally at home among many other gay boys. He even gets his first kiss right away! But for Sarah, who's now calling herself Sadye to be a totally new person, it's a difficult adjustment as she finds she's losing her close friendship with Demi and having a hard time with the competitive nature of all of the girls she has classes and rehearsals with. She's finding out that she may have been a big fish back home, but here she's the only one who hasn't already been in plays and shows and commercials. Is she tough enough to take on the competition? Will she survive the Midsummer Night's Disaster? Will her director ever see her as a person, not just Tall Hat Box Girl? Find out as you hum along with the many showtunes sung and mentioned in Dramarama! (there's even an i-mix at the author's website, <a target="_blank" href="http://www.theboyfriendlist.com/">theboyfriendlist.com</a>, where you can go to itunes and listen to all of the great songs in the book. How cool!)
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bookshelves: realistic
recommended for: drama lovers, fans of musical theater, kids who feel like an outsider
status: Read in October, 2007

Loads of fun, had me wishing I could jump up on a stage and belt out a Liza Minelli tune or two...A fun book about a different kind of summer camp: drama camp! Sarah feels totally hemmed in by her boring small town life in Ohio. When she and her best friend Demi get accepted to a special summer school for theater students, it's their chance to shine and to show that they can really sing and dance and act well enough to maybe be on Broadway someday. Demi fits right in, and can finally be totally himself: gay and flamboyant and totally at home among many other gay boys. He even gets his first kiss right away! But for Sarah, who's now calling herself Sadye to be a totally new person, it's a difficult adjustment as she finds she's losing her close friendship with Demi and having a hard time with the competitive nature of all of the girls she has classes and rehearsals with. She's finding out that she may have been a big fish back home, but here she's the only one who hasn't already been in...more

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