High School Musical: The Junior Novel [Paperback]

N.B. Grace (Author)

Book Description

Age Level: 9 and up | Grade Level: 4 and up

Until Troy met Gabriella, his big dream was to win the basketball championship. But ever since they sang karaoke together on New Years Eve, Troy cant get his mind off trying out for the lead role in the school musicalwith Gabriella as his partner! Gabriella is struggling too. The Scholastic Decathlon team could really use her help, but it would be fun to sing with Troy again. All their friends say its a bad idea and that Troy and Gabriella should stick to the status quo. In their hearts, Troy and Gabriella know theyve got the talent to play the lead roles in the musical, so why is everyone standing in their way? Will Troy and Gabriella follow their dreams of being on the stage? Or will they have to give it all up so that they can lead their teams to victory?

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 9 and up
  
• Paperback: 160 pages
• Publisher: Disney Press (June 2, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1423104226
• ISBN-13: 978-1423104223
• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.1 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #221,373 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #65 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Children's Books > Arts & Music > Performing Arts > Fiction

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19 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Teen's Review, May 13, 2006

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J. Berry - See all my reviews
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This review is from: High School Musical: The Junior Novel (Paperback)

This isn't Judith,this is her son.I have seen the movie MANY times and have the soundtrack,and if you are a die-hard HSM fan,then you should definately add this to your collection of High School Musical items.It was just like the movie except they messed some of the lines up.I also didn't liek how when the songs were written in,they only put the beginning to the songs that Troy and Gabriella sang.They also kind of mixed the lyrics up to the chorus of Get'cha Head In The Game,which you could easily notice when you read it if you know the lyrics by heart.

I think if they are going to put lyrics in,they should put them all in or none at all.I also think if they are going to do the lyrics for Troy and Gabriella's song,then they should have definately put the beginning to Sharpay and Ryan's songs. (What I've Been Looking For and Bop To The Top). We only see the beginning to What I've Been Looking For when-you guessed it-Troy and Gabriella sing it with Kelsi when she reveals how the song was originally written before what I like to call the "Evans Remix".The book was great,the lines were mixed up sometimes.("I love to bake.Strudels,scones,even apple pandowdie." But in the book they put scones,then strudels.)Once again,if you are a die hard fan like I am,then you might be disappointed in that.They also missed some lines,like when Gabriella corrects the teacher in chemistry I believe it is.They twisted it around completely.So..anyway,the book is great as long as you don't mind the occasional line mix ups.I was surprised that they didn't put in the beginning lyrics for "We're All In This Together",which is one of the songs people recognize the movie by the most.

9 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great read for tweens, June 30, 2006

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C. Buban (california) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: High School Musical: The Junior Novel (Paperback)

I got the book for my 11 yr old daughter who loves High School musical and she devoured it in about 2 days, plus it has cool photos of the movie.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars High School Musical, November 17, 2006

A Kid's Review

This review is from: High School Musical: The Junior Novel (Paperback)

In the book High School Musical Troy Bolton and his dad were playing one on one basketball and his dad is also his b-ball coach (which I would find very hard!) the way to keep Troy going is "He'll look middle, you take it downtown!" is always what Coach Bolton says to Troy. My opinion on this is GREAT because I LOVE the movie too I give them both 5 stars. The drama teacher Ms. Darbus also Troy and Gabriella's homeroom teacher is always a grumpy gills and too full of herself. She feels that no one has any homeroom manners because the class is too talkative when there really not. Her exact words were "I expect we all learned our homeroom manners yesterday?!" If I had a teacher like that I would probably never go to that class or even school!
Whenever Ms. Darbus talks it just troughs me off because she absolutely no sense to me like when she says "Musical Arts is cleansing for the soul" seriously she needs to get a grip and not only think about musicals and herself and the drama club members. Another thing that I don't like about this book is how Ryan and Sharpay only think about how they are going to win the musical and that they've been in 17 school musicals and are never going to lose against anybody ever! Then somehow one day all the cliques and groups came together all as one big group. I would recommend this book to anybody who loved the movie!!!