Noah McNichol and the Backstage Ghost

Synopsis

&“Will make a theater lover of any young reader.&” —Booklist​​ Perfect for fans of The Wednesday Wars, this raucous and delightful middle grade mystery from Edgar Award–nominated author Martha Freeman is filled with backstage fun, relatable family drama, and maybe even a ghost.Break a leg! That&’s what you say to actors when what you mean is Have a good show!. Anything else is bad luck. When Miss Magnus literally breaks her leg, eleven-year-old Noah McNichol and the rest of the Plattsfield Winklebottom Memorial Sixth-Grade Players are left without a director for their production of Hamlet. Coach Fig comes to the rescue—sort of. He&’ll direct, even though he is clearly more interested in whatever is happening on his phone than in directing. He doesn&’t even know upstage from downstage! But then something weird happens: out of nowhere appears a strangely dressed old guy named Mike. He tells Noah he has theater experience, before disappearing—poof. Noah has some investigating to do and some decisions to make. Like, does he care more that their new director might be a ghost or about getting to make his stage debut? And who is Mike and why has he decided to help? As things get weirder and weirder, one thing becomes clear: The show must go on, and Noah will do whatever it takes to make sure that happens.

Copyright:

2021

Book Details

Book Quality:

Publisher Quality

Book Size:

272 Pages

ISBN-13:

9781534462953

Related ISBNs:

9781534462946

Publisher:

Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books

Date of Addition:

12/05/22

Copyrighted By:

Martha Freeman

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Has Image Descriptions:

No

Categories:

Children's Books, Entertainment, Horror, Literature and Fiction, Parenting and Family, Science Fiction and Fantasy, Drama, Plays and Theater

Grade Levels:

Third grade, Fourth grade, Fifth grade, Sixth grade, Seventh grade

Reading Age:

8–12

Submitted By:

Bookshare Staff

Usage Restrictions:

This is a copyrighted book.