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This is a relationship and identity story set around wrestling. Jorge’s career ambitions, gay identity and first boyfriend come into conflict over the meaning and impact of his wrestling persona.

This is a hands-on book for trying comedy activities together, rather than a story to follow. Its range of formats offers groups different ways to experiment with making comedy.

Expect a school-centred story about young performers, ambition and social standing. Its focus appears to be the pupils’ personal drama as well as their artistic aspirations; the balance between those strands is unclear.

This is a practical performance collection rather than one continuous story: short exchanges come with interpretation suggestions, and introductory chapters offer advice on using dialogue as a teaching tool.

A theatre mystery brings friendship and a search for a missing performer together. The sisters’ immediate aim is to find him before the show, but what has happened to him is not revealed here.

Four linked adventures follow the Cheetah Girls through an unexpected fashion trend, music-industry opportunities and preparations for a major concert. One storyline introduces Dorinda's newly discovered sister, who is white and coming to town.

This is a comic, theatrical premise about two contrasting approaches to dating and a musical that challenges men’s behaviour. Its story-within-a-story setup may interest readers who enjoy performance and creative projects.

This is a time-travel adventure built around the twins’ encounters with the famous magician Harry Houdini and the mystery of their relatives’ whereabouts.

This is a story about a bereaved teenager seeking a way forward through street performance. It places Ally’s hopes alongside the instability of foster care and life on the streets.

This story follows Miley as she manages a temporary restriction on speaking while facing school and family complications.

A playful theatre mystery combines familiar Muppet characters, strange happenings and a backstage rescue, then resolves the ghost’s presence through an agreement between him and the performers.

A story of three sisters pursuing different ambitions through stage training and show business, with family circumstances and the effort of practice shaping their paths.

A fast-moving comic adventure built around Art’s determination to become a pirate captain, despite uncertainty about her past and the people she believes are her crew.

A school talent-show story about Mike, whose magic has helped him build confidence. His plans meet complications involving Nora’s stage fright and the prospect of trouble from Jackson.

A football debut story follows Danny as he moves from youth and reserve-team experience towards a place in the first team. Its central uncertainty is how he will respond to this opportunity.

A friendship and show-business adventure centred on Hetty’s ambitions, her loyalty to Diamond and unresolved feelings for two people from her life.

A playful-sounding space adventure mixes a monster-filled travelling carnival with Cosmoe’s new role as a performer and his friends’ effort to save the day.

The contest gives Stephanie a chance to imagine a glamorous future, while the school-play audition tests her confidence. Her disappointment spills into her friendship with the group.

A fast-moving YA mystery with a wry protagonist, social commentary and an extravagant Southern setting. It combines questions about identity and family with secrets, revenge and danger beneath formal manners.

A theatre-centred coming-of-age story about a shy girl pursuing a dream role, navigating friendship and facing romantic feelings. It may particularly suit readers interested in performance, first love and building confidence.

This offers playful, episodic adventures about managing nerves, disappointment, friendship and unexpected problems. Its appeal lies in Splat’s comic mishaps and recognisable feelings, while the ending of each story may vary in clarity.

A magical theatre rescue story combines an audition, missing talent, fairy helpers and goblin disruption. It may particularly appeal to children interested in performance, imaginative adventure and recurring fairy characters.

A disadvantaged horse moves from failed racing to carriage work, learning about history, reading, languages and different political systems. His later involvement in a crisis gives the story an adventure arc, but the precise resolution is unclear.

A lively competition story for readers who enjoy solving problems alongside a determined contestant. Its emotional engine is Gil’s wish to alter his family’s circumstances, while the games test knowledge, persistence, judgement and relationships.

This is a comic novel built around competitive eating, ambition and body-related pressure. Its gross-out humour sits alongside bingeing, purging, starvation and dehydration, so the tone may shift sharply between silliness and disturbing behaviour.

This is a lively coming-of-age story about a rebellious teenager negotiating parental boundaries, a new relationship with her biological father and an unfamiliar family. Its central interest is Cyd’s shifting sense of belonging, confidence and personal value.

A character-focused story about wanting recognition and facing a sibling’s departure. The pageant provides a lively setting for exploring rivalry, while the family storyline brings a more serious emotional thread.

This is a school-set mystery with five clever outsiders at its centre.

A playful ensemble drama turns five animal tales into acted stories, then shifts towards a more personal final episode. Its distinctive appeal is imaginative performance alongside friendship and self-understanding.

A lively story about a girl whose good intentions and creative plans repeatedly misfire, then turn towards friendship, family, performance and the possibility of being recognised for who she is.

A school-play story about wanting to perform while facing stage fright, with a small magical unicorn offering encouragement. Expect fantasy alongside classroom pressure, public embarrassment and a rival classmate.

This is an eventful historical adventure combining religious secrecy, family loss, theatre and Shakespearean surroundings. It offers a young protagonist facing danger and moral pressure, while presenting Elizabethan England as both culturally vibrant and marked by persecution.

A lively historical mystery follows Scooter from helping with staged séances to investigating a death after finding a dead man in Houdini’s torture tank. It offers adventure, period atmosphere, supernatural imagery and a brisk first-person voice.

A lively haunted-theatre adventure for readers who enjoy supernatural mysteries, jokes and rapid action. Expect ghosts, occult activity, threats to Zack and references to brutal past deaths, alongside a developing friendship.

A flamboyant, funny theatrical story about identity and belonging, it follows Tiny through family life, friendship, coming out and romantic disappointments. The musical-script structure gives personal experiences an exuberant public voice while making room for vulnerability and reflection.

Expect a trope-rich teen romance centred on an online fake relationship, a Korean café, fandom and belonging. Its stated interests also include multicultural identity, friendship heartbreak and representation of queer characters.

A dark, atmospheric thriller combining a competitive K-pop setting with unresolved friendship, grief and supernatural dread. Its strongest appeal is likely the gradual shift from celebrity drama into psychological and body horror.

This is a relationship-focused school and family story about donor conception, confidence, friendship and adapting to change. It offers two children’s perspectives as they move from resentment towards working together, though the final resolution is unclear.

A public mistake changes how she sees herself, with humour and acceptance easing the pressure to perform flawlessly.

A playful search story built around surprise: Louis’s failed-looking tricks become an entertaining show. Its visual humour, colourful illustrations and diverse audience create a warm, upbeat reading experience, with a final reveal involving the rabbit.

A warm, busy story about making something together when home and family security are under pressure. Its strongest appeal is the blend of theatre-making, farm life, friendship and practical determination.

A comic adventure about an underestimated child confronting a frightening threat, while the adults and children around him face the consequences of past choices. Its imaginative monster story also explores belonging, courage and changing relationships.

Expect a quick, joke-led read built around repetition, animal characters and toilet humour. The visual style is bold and simple, while the plot uses a wolf encounter and a comic reversal.

A lively mystery about art, friendship and the consequences of a secret becoming much larger than expected. It offers suspenseful investigation alongside attention to shame, anxiety, money worries and pressure to perform.

This is a high-emotion K-pop romance about reclaiming identity when public stories, professional pressure and private relationships collide. It combines fake dating, rivals-to-lovers tension and friendship repair with a darker account of harassment.