The Prom, Saundra Mitchell
The Prom, Saundra Mitchell
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The Prom
A Novel Based on the Hit Broadway Musical

Author: Saundra Mitchell, Bob Martin, Chad Beguelin, Matthew Sklar

Narrator: Caitlin Kinnunen, Isabelle McCalla, Beth Leavel, Joshua Lamon, Tara Sands

Unabridged: 6 hr

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/10/2019


Synopsis

An honest, laugh-out-loud, feel-good novel inspired by the Tony-nominated musical The Prom, read by members of the original Broadway cast!

Seventeen-year-old Emma Nolan wants only one thing before she graduates: to dance with her girlfriend at the senior prom. But in her small town of Edgewater, Indiana, that's like asking for the moon. 

Alyssa Greene is her high school's "it" girl: popular, head of the student council, and daughter of the PTA president. She also has a secret. She's been dating Emma for the last year and a half. 

When word gets out that Emma plans to bring a girl as her date, it stirs a community-wide uproar that spirals out of control. Now, the PTA, led by Alyssa's mother, is threatening to cancel the prom altogether.

Enter Barry Glickman and Dee Dee Allen, two Broadway stars who decide to take up the cause and get a little publicity along the way. But when they arrive in Indiana to fight on Emma's behalf, their good intentions go quickly south. 

Between Emma facing the fray head-on, Alyssa wavering about coming out, and Barry and Dee Dee basking in all the attention, it's the perfect prom storm. Only when this unlikely group comes together do they realize that love is always worth fighting for.

Read by Caitlin Kinnunen and Isabelle McCalla, with Beth Leavel, Joshua Lamon, and Tara Sands. Includes an interview of Chad Beguelin, Bob Martin, and Matthew Sklar from the musical’s creative team conducted by cast member Joshua Lamon.

About The Author

Saundra Mitchell is the author of over twenty books for tweens and teens. Her work includes two anthologies for teens, Defy the Dark and All Out: The No-Longer-Secret Stories of Queer Teens throughout the Ages. For twenty years, she was the head screenwriter and an executive producer with Dreaming Tree Films on their various teen filmmaking programs and earned Academy Award eligibility ten times during her tenure. In her free time, she enjoys fandom, studying history, crochet, and spending time with her wife and her daughters. Her pronouns are Any/Any.Matthew Sklar is a Tony® and Emmy® Award nominated composer. His works include the Broadway musicals: Elf, The Wedding Singer and The Prom. Chad Beguelin is a four-time Tony® Nominee whose works include the Broadway musicals: Aladdin, Elf, The Wedding Singer and, of course, The Prom. Bob Martin is a writer, performer, and producer of many celebrated musicals and television shows. The Prom is his third work on Broadway following the hit shows Elf and The Drowsy Chaperone, for which he earned a Tony Award.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Isa on July 15, 2019

I really enjoyed this book! At first I thought it was a bit shallow because of all the prom thing, but when you go past that, this book really puts out a lot of issues like homophobia, how parents can be cruel to their children when they reveal themselves as not straight, religious fanatism and how......more

Goodreads review by Julia on August 19, 2020

I was provided an ARC of this novel by Penguin Teen, all thoughts are honest and my own. Firstly, I wanted to say that I adored this musical and already was invested in Emma and Alyssa's relationship. I also thought it was interesting how lines from the musical were directly put into this novel. T......more

Goodreads review by Lost In My Own World Of Books on November 06, 2021

Opinião brevemente......more

Goodreads review by Bobby's Reading (Bobby Hannafey) on June 08, 2021

OMG! This book was just CUTE and BEAUTIFUL to read! I loved the musical, but the novel version was EVERYTHING! Emma knows better than anyone that Edgewater, Indiana, is not a great place to be gay. But she's had enough of high school homophobia, and is determined to take her girlfriend Alyssa, to pr......more

Goodreads review by Wybredna on February 26, 2021

Po książkę sięgnęłam – oczywiście – ze względu na musical, na podstawie którego powstała oraz film muzyczny wyprodukowany ostatnio przez Netflix. Nie jest idealna, chociaż fajnie rozwija część wątków, dla których zabrakło miejsca w wersji ekranowej. Różnice? Przede wszystkim jest dużo poważniej. O il......more