In that sense, Drama is a well-balanced act featuring a self-affirming girl-centric story.Īnother great aspect of the book is in its diverse portrayal of characters. Damn them) are important to her but so are her friends, her family and her job as a set designer. Her crushes (and how she is crushed by her crushes. Quite the contrary and I thought that was really, really cool.īut not all of the drama comes from the production of the play – Callie has her crushes on boys to deal with too and the author expertly portrays her anxiety and insecurity about that in a way that doesn’t make her a quivering mess that cares only about boys. Another thing this book accomplishes is to portray the stage crew as individuals who actually do enjoy what they do, have specifically applied for those roles and are good at those jobs – these are not actor-wannabes who for some reason didn’t get the main role and ended up on stage crew as second choice. Those two words are actually quite fitting regarding the rest of the crew as well and Drama effectively shows what goes behind the stage of a theatre production and all the effort necessary to make it work.
Part of the drama comes from the lack of budget for Callie’s (awesome) ideas and one of the (many) great things about the story is how Callie faces this problem and solves it with creativity and dedication. At centre stage is Callie, a theatre enthusiast and set designer for the stage crew at her school, who hopes to create a veritable bang in this year’s production of Moon Over Mississippi. Plus, THEATRE!DRAMA! in a MG setting are things I happen to love.ĭrama is a rather appropriate title for this charming graphic novel for and about middle graders. Why did I read this book: I’ve heard awesome things about the author’s previous GN Smile. How did I get this book: I got an ARC at BEA But how can she, when she doesn’t know much about carpentry, ticket sales are down, and the crew members are having trouble working together? Not to mention the onstage AND offstage drama that occurs once the actors are chosen, and when two cute brothers enter the picture, things get even crazier! Following the success of SMILE, Raina Telgemeier brings us another graphic novel featuring a diverse set of characters that humorously explores friendship, crushes, and all-around drama! Instead she’s the set designer for the stage crew, and this year she’s determined to create a set worthy of Broadway on a middle-school budget. And while she would totally try out for her middle school’s production of Moon Over Mississippi, she’s a terrible singer. Raina Telgemeier, the NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author of the Eisner Award winner, SMILE, brings us her next full-color graphic novel. Genre: Contemporary, Middle Grade, Graphic Novel
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