Lola Levine Drama Queen

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Title: Lola Levine Drama Queen
Genre: Bluebonnet 
Author: Monica Brown
Major Awards: Texas Bluebonnet 2017-2018 Award
Age group:  7 - 11 Years old 
 Summary: 
Lola is a second grader who is full of spunk and has an extremely big personality. Her parents often call
her dramatic and compare her to her grandma who is also known as Bubbe who also is very loud and
bold. One day, Lola’s teacher tells the class that they will be getting a new drama teacher, Ms.Tinkle.
Throughout Ms.Tinks class they learn an immense amount of techniques about improv and acting in front
of crowds. Finally, the day for auditions comes up and Lola is so nervous that when it's her turn she
actually freezes on stage in front of everyone! Due to this Lola gets the least active part in the play which
makes her exceedingly sad. Lola decides to write her Bubbe about everything that has been going on and
get everything off of her chest. To her surprise, her Bubble surprises her the next day and has come to
watch Lolas school play! That's not all, Lola gets another surprise, the lead role is unable to make it and it
is given to Lola. She quickly memorizes all of her lines just in time to perform. More bad things happen
but Lola decides to not freak out and improvised instead. At the end of the play, Lola's family, teachers,
and friends ran to her and praise her for being so brave and courageous. 
I would love to use this book in my class! I love the message in the story of overcoming fears and making
the best out of what you have. Also, the book is filled with humor which I feel my students would really
enjoy. This book would be great to read out loud throughout a few weeks and discuss as a class. 
I feel as if this book would be great for students in third through sixth grade. It is an easy to read chapter
book that isn't too long making it perfect for younger children. It also has a great message of overcoming
your fears and making the best out of what you have which i feel is perfect for students in these grades.
Also, this book has a lot of humor and great aspects that I feel students in these grades would really enjoy. 

If I were to use this book in my class  I would run it in a way that we ran our book club but more of a
scaffold type approach. A few times a week I would either read a chapter out loud, have them independently
read, or read in groups and then talk about the book as we go. Then, at the end of the book I would have
my students write a little essay about something in life that they have had to overcome. 

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