Notes From Your BooksellerWith immensely accessible illustrations and a charming plot built around summer camp, stage productions and friendships, Upstaged is as heartfelt as it is quirky. Complete with underlying themes that don't overwhelm the plot, this is the perfect supplement to help middle schoolers understand changing relationships and communication.
★ “Sharply written and evocative” — Publishers Weekly, starred review “This theater camp has plenty of captivating drama both on stage and off!” —Kayla Miller, New York Times bestselling creator of the Click graphic novel seriesIn a summer of goodbyes and new beginnings, shy Ashton Price hopes to confess to their theater camp crush in this heartfelt middle-grade graphic novel. Perfect for fans of The Tryout and The Girl from the Sea.This is it: the last hurrah, the final curtain call. Ever since sixth grade, Ashton Price and their best friend and enduring crush, Ivy Santos, have spent their summers together at theater camp. Now it’s their last year before they part ways for high school, and Ash is determined to end it on a high note! With Ash as stage manager and Ivy the lead in this year’s musical, this summer’s shaping up to be everything the two could have hoped for. Maybe Ash will even work up the courage to ask Ivy out! But between Ivy rehearsing long hours with her colead and Ash throwing themself into an ambitious stage production, will they end up drifting apart instead? As summer wanes and September looms, Ash and Ivy’s friendship will change forever, one way or another.
