All her worlds a stage.?Bertie Shakespeare Smith is not an actress, yet she lives in a theater.Shes not an orphan, but she has no parents.She knows every part, but she has no lines of her own.That is, until now.?Enter Stage Right ?NATE. Dashing pirate. Will do anything to protect Bertie. ?COBWEB, MOTH, MUSTARD SEED, and PEASEBLOSSOM. Four tiny and incredibly annoying fairies. BERTIES sidekicks. ?ARIEL. Seductive air spirit and Berties weakness. The symbol of impending doom.?BERTIE. Our heroine. ?Welcome to the Thtre Illuminata, where the actors of every play ever written can be found behind the curtain. They were born to play their parts, and are bound to the Thtre by The Bookan ancient and magical tome of scripts. Bertie is not one of them, but they are her familyand she is about to lose them all and the only home she has ever known.?Lisa Mantchev has written a debut novel that is dramatic, romantic, and witty, with an irresistible and irreverent cast of characters who are sure to enchant the audience. ?Open Curtain

 

This is volume 1 in Theatre Illuminata .

There are 352 pages in this book. This book was published 2009 by Feiwel & Friends .

Lisa Mantchev is the author of Strictly No Elephants, Sister Day!, and the Theatre Illuminata series. She studied drama at the University of California, Irvine, and now lives on the Olympic Peninsula of Washington state with her family.