Description
‘Dad says I just haven’t met my people yet. But I wondered, Who are my people?’ Millie Von Trapp has always been too much. Talks too much. Fidgets too much. Daydreams too much. Maybe that’s why she doesn’t really have any friends. But when she discovers a theatre club called Stage Stars, all that begins to change. Can Millie audition and get the part she so desperately wants? Or will the school bully and resident diva, Sophia Jekyll, ruin her chances?
And could this be the moment Millie finally finds her tribe?
Written by stage and screen star, Penny McNamee, a book about loving who you are and finding your people.
Review
This is a story for all of those who have felt like they have never quite fit in!
Millie has a passion for everything to do with musical theatre – it runs in her blood, although it has skipped a generation. Her Mum, Dad and her brothers are into surfing, but Millie can’t stand surfing, the beach or the sand!
Her grandmother, Gigi, was a stage star and she always helps and encourages Millie. She understands Millie, and just seems to get her. Millie has ADHD, and she struggles at school - she has no friends, and is often described as just being ‘too much’, and throw in bully Sophia Jekyll and her sidekick Chloe Hyde, who do everything they can to make Millie’s life at school a misery.
When Millie sees an ad for Stage Stars, she thinks that this might be her chance to find her own people. But convincing her parents - particularly her mum - that she can do it is not easy.
Once there, Millie instantly feels like she fits in. She meets Otis, Vivian and Shaka, and they form a strong connection – they don’t seem to care that she talks too much and is over the top – they are like that too! But will Sophia and Chloe find a way to ruin this as well? Or will Millie finally have her time to shine?
This is a wonderful story about following your dreams, determination, having a go, friendship and finding your people in life. This will be enjoyed by all students in middle to upper primary.
