Noteworthy Passages: My Life, the Theater, and Other Tragedies

My Life, the Theater, and Other Tragedies (ARC) by Allen Zadoff
Publisher: EgmontUSA
Pub. Date: May 10th, 2011
Pages: 320
Age Level: 13+
Source: For review from publisher.

Disclaimer: Please note that this is an ARC and passages and quotes below are subject to change in the final copy.

Synopsis via Goodreads
High school sophomore Adam Zeigler, who lost his father to a sudden accident two years ago, thinks the best way to live life is behind the spotlight. As a member of the theater crew, he believes he's achieved it all when he wins the coveted job of spotlight operator. But that was before a young actress, Summer, appeared in his view. Instantly smitten, Adam is determined to win her over. But to do so, he'll have to defy his best friend and break the golden rule of his school: techies and actors don't mix.

Set against the backdrop of a high school production of A Midsummer Night's Dream, Zadoff's latest is a bromance, a love story, and theater story in one. The politics of love and high school collide as Adam struggles to find the courage to step out of the shadows and into the light.

Noteworthy Passages

Mr. Apple; pg. 49
"Don't tell me it's not that bad," Mr. Apple says. "You should have seen the last rehearsal. Shakespeare turned over in his grave, threw up, then rolled into his own vomit. And whose fault is that? Mine! I'm an atrocious director of an atrocious production."

Summer, Adam's mom, Adam; pgs. 160-161
Summer extends a hand. "Hi, I'm Summer," she says.
"I'm Adam's mother. I apologize for being so surprised. Adam doesn't usually have girls over."
"Mom!"
"It's true," Mom says.
"But you don't have to say it. Keep the mystery alive."

Adam; pg. 274
People think they have to be singing and dancing in perfect synchronization all the time without rehearsal. But real life isn't synchronized like that. It's a mess. Like our theater department.

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Okay so we I gave y'all a little humorous and serious. I really enjoyed My Life, the Theater, and Other Tragedies and hope you all will decide to pick it up. To find out more on what I thought, check out my Review.

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