About This Book:
Two hilarious best friends create their very own podcast in this feel-good middle grade graphic novel about making the spotlight your own, from the bestselling author of Just Pretend.
Lights, Curtains…Podcast!
Best friends Clay and Kyle can’t help but inject fun into everything. Whether they’re goofing off backstage during a performance or making rib-tickling jokes at an open mic, these two are always ready to make people laugh! Now Clay’s hoping to shift her improv skills to the stage in her middle school’s production of Gals and Dolls, which means spending even more time with her crush, Dania. But Clay’s boisterous humor doesn’t sit well with the director, who has ZERO tolerance for fun.
Clay, however, refuses to be boring! She and Kyle are eager to bring their comedic talents into the spotlight, but school musicals are too serious, open mics are too long…
And that’s when it hits them—they should start a podcast! But with rehearsals to attend, new episodes to record, and time running out for Clay to ask a certain someone to the eighth-grade dance, will Clay and Kyle be able to do it all?
*Review Contributed By Beth Rodgers, Staff Reviewer*
Self-Discovery and Truth
While the two friends enjoy fun banter and goofing off, not everyone finds their jokes amusing all the time. The play director thinks Clay is spending too much time joking around when the play needs to be taken seriously. She has one of the main roles in the play, and telling jokes just isn’t conducive to making strides in getting the show ready for opening night. It doesn’t help matters for Clay that her crush, Dania, is also in the show, and she wants to make things light and easy because she gets so nervous when she’s around Dania.
When the friends come up with the idea to do a podcast, it takes off, and they find that they have a larger audience than they could have imagined. Sharing advice about school for students and teachers alike resonates with so many people, and they find themselves with lots of questions and people who even want to pay for ads on their show.
The story follows themes of friendship, self-discovery, crushes, and truth, whether about who each person is as an individual or how to face the truth about what’s right in front of you.
