Triple Threat: CBCA Notable Book

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A contemporaryyoung adultnovel about musical theatre,first romanceand standing up for yourself from the brilliant Australian YAauthor Katy Warner.

At the prestigious performing arts school Arcadia Grammar, the theatre kids and the musical theatre kids have just one rule: you DO NOT go for each others lead roles. But Edie is about to throw the rulebook out the window and all hell is going to break loose.

Edie Emerson is a triple threat: she can sing and dance and act. But despite being the lead in every musical at Arcadia, she knows her future on the stage is uncertain. At least until the infamous director Toby Swan agrees to stageRomeo and Julietat the academy.

This show could launch Edies career except she doesnt do theatre. And shes already agreed to star in a new musical written by her best friend, Will. So when Toby casts the annoying-but-hot Noah Winters as Romeo, and he insists on Edie for Juliet, it sets the stage for drama

Edie had her role at Arcadia down to a fine art. But does she have what it takes to play the most difficult and complicated role of all: herself

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Katy Warner always thought she wanted to be an actor and for a big part of her life that's what she did until she realised she actually preferred writing the words herself.Now, shes an award-winning playwright and the author of many short stories and a young-adult novel.Even though she misses the costumes, Katy is much happier as a writer.Her plays have been performed across Australia and in New Zealand, London and Edinburgh. Katy lives in Melbourne with her husband, their cat and a lot of books.Her debut novel,Everywhere Everything Everyone, was shortlisted for the Readings Young Adult Book Prize.