{"product_id":"life-fantastic-a-novel-in-three-acts","title":"Life Fantastic: A Novel in Three Acts","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eLife Fantastic: A Novel in Three Acts\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eLiza Ketchum\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9781440598760\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eSimon \u0026amp; Schuster Books for Young Readers\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2017\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003eHardcover\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e256\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eExcellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eAs seen in the Publishers Weekly African-American Titles for Young Readers feature!\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Will Teresa Find Fame But Lose Her Soul? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e It's 1913 and vaudeville is America's most popular form of entertainment. Thousands of theaters across the country host vaudeville troupes. In Brattleboro, Vermont, fifteen-year-old Teresa LeClair--who has a \"voice like a nightingale\"--remembers the thrill of singing onstage as a child. But her parents have given up life on the road, and her father has decided that Teresa, blessed with perfect pitch, should drop out of school and work in the tuning rooms of the organ factory. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Determined to escape the life her father wants for her, Teresa wins an amateur singing contest in Brattleboro's opera house and steals away on the night train to New York. She hopes to become a star on Broadway's \"Great White Way,\" but has no idea of the challenges that lie ahead. There she runs into Pietro Jones and his father, talented African American dancers. Teresa and Pietro become competitors as well as unlikely friends. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e At a time when young black men could be lynched for simply looking at a white girl, Pietro understands, better than Teresa, the danger of their relationship. Teresa's quest to find her voice onstage and in her life, far from the support of her family, takes place against a complex racial backdrop of American history.\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster Books for Young Readers","offers":[{"title":"Life Fantastic: A Novel in Three Acts | Liza Ketchum | Hardcover | 9781440598760 | Used: Like New | YA 1733973 (temp: 24)","offer_id":48168079917208,"sku":"1733973","price":6.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/81cvuUVpkrL.jpg?v=1771962423","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/life-fantastic-a-novel-in-three-acts","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}