Leading Ladies

Written by Marlee Matlin and Doug Cooney

A deaf girl's dream role in the class musical is threatened by her best friend.

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288 pages· 47,699 words· Est. 6.5 hour read· ~770L· AR 4.9 · 7 AR pts

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Bookroo's summary

Megan's fourth-grade class is staging a musical of The Wizard of Oz, and Megan, who is deaf, plans to sign her songs to win the part of Dorothy. Then Lizzie, her best friend from camp, transfers to her class and auditions with the very same songs.

From the publisher

"It doesn't make sense to me...in the book, Dorothy is a girl who can hear and talk--and Toto is a little dog. So I'm sorry--but I just don't see a Dorothy who's deaf and talks with her hands and has a great big dog for Toto!" Megan's fourth grade class is putting on their own original musical based on the book The Wizard of Oz, and Megan wants to be the star of the show and play Dorothy. Since she's deaf, she will sign the songs for her audition. However, a problem develops when Lizzie, her best friend from camp, transfers from her all-deaf school to Megan's class - and signs the same two songs that Megan was going to do! Luckily, Megan has some other ideas up her sleeve... Academy Award-winning actress Marlee Matlin and Doug Cooney follow Deaf Child Crossing and Nobody's Perfect with this winning story that perfectly captures the humor, joys, and frustration of childhood friendships.

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