Inside jokes will delight drama club devotees (“Gertrude pointed at Macbeth, who was holding up a cruller and muttering, 'Is this a doughnut I see before me?' ”), but this passionate debut should attract a broader readership as well. Mantchev's first novel feels dreamlike (plot points are often revealed during impromptu performances), yet underneath is a solid story about the search for happiness and identity. Eyes Like Stars book by Lisa Mantchev Science Fiction & Fantasy Books > Coming of Age Sci-Fi Books ISBN: 1341229459 ISBN13: 9781341229459 Expositions On the Book of Psalms: Psalms 37-52 by Lisa Mantchev See Customer Reviews Select Format Hardcover 4.19 - 4.69 Paperback 4.69 - 16. But the theater is thrown into disarray when Ariel steals “The Book,” while Bertie's desire intensifies to uncover the truth about how she came to the theater. Eyes Like Stars book by Lisa Mantchev Science Fiction & Fantasy Books > Coming of Age Sci-Fi Books ISBN: 1341229459 ISBN13: 9781341229459 Expositions On the Book of Psalms: Psalms 37-52 by Lisa Mantchev See Customer Reviews Select Format Hardcover 4.19 - 4.69 Paperback 4.69 - 16. After a destructive incident involving a cannon, Bertie must prove that her contributions as an ordinary 17-year-old girl are “unique and valuable” or be cast out. Mantchev's Eyes Like Stars (2009), Perchance to Dream (2010). 's Ophelia and a smattering of fairies, among others. In Lisa Mantchev's Young Adult (YA) Theatre Illuminata series about Beatrice Shakespeare. Welcome to the Thtre Illuminata, where the characters of every play ever written. The characters from every play ever written are eternally bound to this particular stage by “The Book,” which contains all the scripts Bertie's companions include Ariel from The Tempest The fantastic first novel in Lisa Mantchevs Theatre Illuminata trilogy. Beatrice Shakespeare Smith (aka Bertie, aka “the self-appointed Queen of Improvisation”) makes use of her creative skills to remain in her adoptive home, the magical Théâtre Illuminata.

Eyes Like Stars by Lisa Mantchev