Description
All of Jessie's world is a stage, and she's determined to become a player, in Drama Queens in the House by Julie Williams.
Sixteen-year-old Jessie Jasper Lewis doesn't remember a time in her life when she wasn't surrounded by method actors, bright spotlights, and feather boas. Her parents started the Jumble Players Theater together, and theater is the glue that holds her crazy family together. But when she discovers that her father's cheating on her mother with a man, Jessie feels like her world is toppling over. And on top of everything else, she has to deal with a delusional aunt who is predicting the end of the world. Jessie certainly doesn't feel ready to be center stage in the production that is her family. But where does she belong in all of this chaos?
About the Author
Julie Williams is the author of the young adult novel-in-poems Escaping Tornado Season. She was an adjunct professor at California State University teaching for the communication studies and theater departments for twenty years. She and her husband live in Minnesota.
Praise For…
“The novel brings up several important questions of identity: What does it mean to be biracial? How does a teenager come to process and accept a homosexual parent?” —School Library Journal
“Jessie's effervescent voice and the farcical nature of their daily lives keep the pace lively.” —BCCB
“...give this to the theater lovers in the library.” —VOYA
“...readers with an interest in performance will particularly enjoy watching Jessie rediscover her confidence as well as her talents.” —Publishers Weekly