Degrassi Junior High, Exit Stage Left

by William Pasnak

Book Overview

Based on the TV series Degrassi Junior High, Degrassi Junior High: Exit Stage Left follows the very real adolescent trials of a lively group of seventh and eighth graders. Its meaty issues with a light-touch approach have won the show virtually every children's film award.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 059041478X
• ISBN13: 9780590414784
• Release Date: January 1987
• Publisher: Scholastic
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Age Range: 10 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 5 and higher

Customer Reviews

Degrassi

if you love degrassi like i do you will by these books

Good For Degrassi

If you are a fan of Degrassi, the original Canadian teen drama series from the 1980's, then this is a great memento of it. My mom actually snagged me a copy from the local library's giveaway bin and I read it for laughs. The book takes place in the first season of the show - Junior High - and focuses on a school play Degrassi decides to put on. School President Stephanie Kaye, deciding to refocus her energies on being herself rather than looking trashy, is determined to get the lead role to attract the attention of Wheels once and for all. The twist is Lucy is also pretty interested in acting, especially to keep her social worker off her back. LD is nervous about her father's behaviour after a near fatal medical condition, and throws herself into the play to stay busy. And Yick is busy doing special effects for the play, but remaining suspiciously nervous about the creation of the ghost for it. Various teenage melodramas ensue from top to bottom, and while this isn't a particularly original or interesting piece of fiction, Pasnak does an excellent job capturing Degrassi and its characters in the 1980's.

exit stage left

This book has the whole gang in it. LD, Stephanie Kaye, Lucy Fernandez, Wheels, Joey Jeremiah, Snake,.. ok you get my drift. The story is about The Degrassi Kids pulling together to make a play a sucess. Rivalries began. Egos explodes. Friends become enemies and love triangles are all around. Will Joey get with Stephanie? Will Stephanie even acknowledge Joey since she wants Wheels? Will Wheels be brave enough to admit he wants Lucy? You'll see it all unravel in the end. Enjoy!