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Wilke, Daria

Playing a Part

161 pp. | Scholastic/Levine | March, 2015 | Trade ISBN 978-0-545-72607-8 $17.99
(3) YA Translated by Marian Schwartz. Grisha spends his time in the Moscow puppet theater where his parents work, a refuge from his homophobic classmates. He's in awe of Sam, a young actor, but Sam is leaving Russia and Grisha is dejected. Grisha's first-person, present-tense narrative voice is graceful and dreamlike. This story of unrequited love showcases the dramatic arts as means of self-expression and self-discovery.
Reviewer: Thom Barthelmess

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