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Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on May 1, 2011
High school sophomore Adam Ziegler, a.k.a. Z, has reacted to his father's death two years earlier by withdrawing to the safety and anonymity of a theater's catwalk: Z is running the lights for his school's spring production of A Midsummer Night's Dream. Through Z's narration of the events leading up to opening night, Zadoff develops a complex character study of Z that's equally parts witty, informative, insightful, and painfully realistic. Readers also meet Z's mother, ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More




