Stage Fright: Its Role in Acting

Ann Matthews Martin. Scholastic, $2.5 (0pp) ISBN 978-0-590-33758-8

Sara, who is shy, counts on her best friend Wendy to take over the limelight and leave her in the background. Sara's mother wants Sara to be more outgoing. Now Wendy might be moving, and Sara's teacher insists that everyoneshy or notparticipate in the class play. PW observed, ""Martin builds a solid, entertaining and wholly uncontrived novel with a delightful finale.'' (812)

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