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High School Musical: The Musical: The Series: The Road Trip

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By Melissa de la Cruz
Los Angeles: Disney-Hyperion, 2021. Fiction. 263 pgs.

The East High Wildcats are still fresh from the success of their production of High School Musical: The Musical when Carlos finds out about an HSM convention in Jackson Hole, Wyoming and proposes a last minute, road-trip field trip. Of course, all of the Wildcats and their fearless leader Miss Jenn jump at the chance to attend panels about dancing, singing, acting, and much more. Plus, rumor has it that stars from the original High School Musical cast will be in attendance. Everyone has their own reason to attend, but one thing is clear -- even if the road gets bumpy, nothing will stop our Wildcats.

Fans of High School Musical, and especially High School Musical: The Musical: The Series on Disney+, will fall in love with this goofy road trip story. The novel picks up right at the end of season one of the TV show and offers an additional story for readers who can't get enough of HSM. Each chapter is told from the perspective of a different Wildcat, which helps move the story along in a light and conversational way. Most readers will probably want to be familiar with the tv show before diving into this story, but there is plenty of explanation to make the text accessible to readers who have never seen the show. As a grown-up High School Musical fan, I can promise that this book is a lot of fun.
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