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In the Wings
By Elsbeth Edgar
How can you dream of being an actor when you suffer terrible stage fright?
Ella Jamison dreams of acting. But it’s an impossible dream when you suffer from stage fright. Stuck in the backstage crew for the school play, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Ella watches her friends and conceited new boy Sam tread the boards. But first impressions can be deceiving. And help can arrive when you least expect it.
- “This is a delightful book, with a sympathetic protagonist, a range of interesting and believable characters and an insight into the work that occurs behind the scenes of a school play.” Reading Time
- “In the Wings is a story that is unafraid to plumb the depths of the human condition as it plays out in the lives of Ella and her friends and family … This book is engaging from first page to last. It is well-crafted, buoyed with conflict, tension and mystery with believable, three-dimensional characters. A rewarding read that stays close on your hells well after you’ve closed the covers. Recommended.” Magpies magazine
About the author
After completing her university course (majoring in French Literature) and teaching for one year, Elsbeth Edgar travelled overland from Katmandu to London. For four years she spent the winter months working in London and the summer months traveling in Europe. When she returned to Melbourne she taught English as a second language to the first wave of Vietnamese refugees for several years, before moving to Canberra to study for her Graduate Diploma in Librarianship. Elsbeth took time off to raise her children before returning to library work when her children were all at school. She has always written but, once she had children, began writing stories for them and in turn rediscovered her love of children’s literature.
ISBN:
9781922077325
Imprint:
Walker Books Australia
Distributor:
Walker Australia-HEDS
Binding:
Paperback
Release Date:
June 1, 2013
Dimensions:
129 x 198mm, 256pp
Stock Status:
Confirmed
Australian RRP:
$16.99
New Zealand RRP:
$18.99
Stock Level:
In Stock