"Glee"ful Reads

Are you a fan of Glee? Me, I'm a fan. I love music. Seriously. So let's talk about music and/or musicals in teen fic, shall we?

No More Dead Dogs by Gordon Korman is the story of Wallace Wallace (not a typo). Wallace Wallace never tells a lie. So when he reads a book assigned by his English teacher, his report states matter of factly that he hated the book. Wallace is assigned detention where he is forced to re-write his book report. In what turns out to be a very cool detention, he is forced to sit day after day where the theater group is rehearsing the school play which is, of course, based on the very book he hated. Leave it to Wallace to turn a book about a dead dog into a disco musical. You'll want to read every funny page to see what happens to Wallace in detention.

And in Will Grayson, Will Grayson, which I mentioned last week, the 2 Will's create a school musical.

Other books that deal with music, musicals, and the theater in general include:

Act I, Act II, Act Normal by Martha Weston

Secrets of My Hollywood Life series by Paul Riditis

Dramarama by E. Lockhart

Teen Idol by Meg Cabot

If I Stay: A Novel by Gayle Forman*

Pay the Piper: A Rock 'N Roll Fairytale by Jane Yolen

Troll Bridge: A Rock 'N Roll Fairytale by Jane Yolen

Rockstar Superstar by Nelson Blake

This Lullaby by Sarah Dessen**

Born to Rock by Gordon Korman

Guitar Girl by Sarra Manning

Confessions of a Backup Dancer by Kevin Shaw

Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen by Dyan Sheldon

Pop Princess by Rachel Cohn

*This is one of the BEST books of last year, why have you not read it? It is seriously THAT good. Also, for those looking for tearjerkers - this is the only book that has ever made me cry.

** Read my blog entry about this book here