A review by ncrabb
Friday Night Stage Lights by Rachele Alpine

5.0

Chrome crashed, and I lost the in-depth review I had written for this. It is a magnificent milddle-grade book from which any of my older granddaughters would profit. The author is wonderfully skilled at creating characters who interest you and keep you reading. She writes with a highly enjoyable style and looks at issues like sopcial media and step family blending. I'm so sorry I lost somehow that other review; it was significantly better than this. I was a fan of young Brooklyn Gartner from the first page I admired her courage and tenacity and her innate decency. You know an author has succeeded when she presents you with a character and you can say within the first two pages that this person should be real.