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The Roof Over Our Heads (2023)

di Nicole Kronzer

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A charming YA novel about a family who puts on an immersive, interactive play to save their historical home Finn lives in a family of theater lovers. His older brothers are both actors, and one of his moms is an actor and the other one is a director. They even live in an enormous historic mansion owned by the Beauregard, Minnesota's largest regional theater. Finn is desperate to be an actor, too, despite the fact that he can never seem to remember his lines. When a new artistic director threatens to sell the Jorgensen house and kick his family out of the only home he's ever known, his family puts on a show-an immersive 1890s experience unlike anything else out there. But will it be too much for his mom Lula, who is recovering from cancer? Will Finn connect with his crush and deal with his long-time rival, Jade? Will saving the house save Finn's acting career? Funny, warm, and full of Victorian hijinks, this is a novel for anyone looking for a place to belong.… (altro)
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The stakes: the new artistic director of the Beauregard would rather sell the Jorgensen House - where Finn and his family live - just as his moms' dreams are becoming reality. Finn has to save the house - again - and this time, he has to do it by acting in his mom's immersive Victoria play (A Midsummer Night's Art Heist Garden Party Escape Room Murder), despite his mental block over memorizing lines. Also at stake: Finn's acceptance to Acting Lab, which means he has to prove himself to Mr. Hoyt, who also has a role in the play.

Finn has shouldered a lot in the past year, taking care of the house (emptying the strategically placed buckets to catch roof leaks in the attic), learning to cook to take over while one of his moms battles cancer, and missing his older twin brothers off at their first year of college. Now Lula is officially cancer-free and Nomi has written a play that will - hopefully - convince the artistic director not to sell their house. For two weeks, the whole cast will live as Victorians, putting on performances in the house each night. Meanwhile, Finn also has to sort out his friendship with Jade (who is secretly searching for lost treasure in the house) and his crush on Alexa. Like the play/escape room, the book has many moving parts. Wonderfully fun, with real depth.

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"Not everyone understands you only need two ingredients to make a family...people and love." (Nomi to Finn, 95)

"You get to ask for what you want, honey....We all do." (Nomi to Andre, 138)

How was I supposed to expect everyone to give me a chance to be different if I wasn't willing to let other people change, too? (164)

"If I have big secrets, they never last long. I always feel better when I say them out loud." (Noah to Finn, 201)

"The past doesn't have to dictate the future." (Jade to Finn, 216)

By its very nature, [theater] was something that existed only in the moments it was being performed....Plays were living, breathing things. You were part of something singular and fleeting. (261)

"Worrying's a waste of a perfectly good imagination, remember?" (Kendrick to Finn, 272)

"Life's going to be a struggle anyway. So you might as well fill it with as many things as possible that make you happy." (Andre to Finn, 315) ( )
  JennyArch | May 28, 2023 |
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A charming YA novel about a family who puts on an immersive, interactive play to save their historical home Finn lives in a family of theater lovers. His older brothers are both actors, and one of his moms is an actor and the other one is a director. They even live in an enormous historic mansion owned by the Beauregard, Minnesota's largest regional theater. Finn is desperate to be an actor, too, despite the fact that he can never seem to remember his lines. When a new artistic director threatens to sell the Jorgensen house and kick his family out of the only home he's ever known, his family puts on a show-an immersive 1890s experience unlike anything else out there. But will it be too much for his mom Lula, who is recovering from cancer? Will Finn connect with his crush and deal with his long-time rival, Jade? Will saving the house save Finn's acting career? Funny, warm, and full of Victorian hijinks, this is a novel for anyone looking for a place to belong.

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