Sardine Boy Gets Old Crane Role in School Play

Book_♥; Replay
Author_♥; Sharon Creech
Pages_♥; 211



In Replay by Sharon Creech, Leo, a curious 12 year old boy, considers himself as a sardine, squeezed into a small can. This is because he lives with a big family and is hardly ever noticed by his talents. One of his brothers plays football, and one of his sisters plays soccer. He, on the other hand chooses to be in a play at school. Leo's chosen part was the Old Crone (Old woman) and he is not very pleased. Throughout the story line, Leo finds himself in ugly situations and imagines the situations afterwards, when he is always the hero. His imagination replays and he sees himself as a successful coach, a doctor, and even a movie star. When he finds his father's childhood belongings, he discovers unrevealed secrets about his family. Leo finds a journal, written by his father as a child, who is not always happy. He starts to develop the reason why his father was the way he was. When he tried to learn more about his past family, someone cried and fainted. After a while, his grandparents and father tell him about what happened back then. Leo also finds out that his father was much like him when he was a teen, doing plays and tapping. Read this book to find out how the play goes, what he does to help the family back together, and is finally noticed for his acting talent. I enjoyed reading this book because everything tied together in the end, and the authors unique style of writing this book in script form. :)

-amy !