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Upstaged (a Graphic Novel)

by Robin Easter

A final summer at theater camp

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Awards & Recognition

  • Critical praise

    Publishers Weekly starred review

    Starred review describing the book as “Sharply written and evocative.”

AlbakiReads Editorial

A final summer at theater camp

Ashton Price returns to theater camp for one last summer before high school, hoping to tell their longtime friend Ivy Santos about their crush. With Ash managing the stage and Ivy starring in the camp musical, both are caught up in the production as the season moves toward its end. The setup links a backstage story to a friendship facing change: Ash’s hopes for a confession unfold alongside the possibility that the friends are growing apart. Presented as a graphic novel, Upstaged centers on a familiar threshold—leaving a shared childhood routine and approaching a new school chapter—within the specific world of a summer theater camp.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Middle-grade readers interested in theater and musical productions
  • Readers who enjoy graphic novels about friendship, crushes, and transitions before high school

Themes

Friendship and changeCrushes and self-expressionTheater and collaborationGrowing up and approaching high school

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Book overview

★ "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 series


In 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.
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