Saundra Mitchell

Chad Beguelin

Matthew Sklar

Bob Martin

Based on the Tony-nominated musical Soon to be a Netflix film starring Meryl Streep, Nicole Kidman, Awkwafina, and more! Seventeen-year-old Emma Nolan wants only one thing before she graduates: to dance with her girlfriend at the senior prom. But in her small town of Edgewater, Indiana, that's like asking for the moon. Alyssa Greene is her high school's "it" girl: popular, head of the student council, and daughter of the PTA president. She also has a secret. She's been dating Emma for the last year and a half. When word gets out that Emma plans to bring a girl as her date, it stirs a community-wide uproar that spirals out of control. Now, the PTA, led by Alyssa's mother, is threatening to cancel the prom altogether. Enter Barry Glickman and Dee Dee Allen, two Broadway stars who decide to take up the cause and get a little publicity along the way. But when they arrive in Indiana to fight on Emma's behalf, their good intentions go quickly south. Between Emma facing the fray head-on, Alyssa wavering about coming out, and Barry and Dee Dee basking in all the attention, it's the perfect prom storm. Only when this unlikely group comes together do they realize that love is always worth fighting for.

A Novel Based on the Hit Broadway Musical

The Prom

( I listened to the audiobook of this so i will also be talking about to narrator(s) performance) 

cute story that I've loved sense I first listened to the musical it was fun to be in the characters head and hear what they're thinking  opposed to see everything from an outside view. the narrators really helped bring the book to life and the face that they are people that are already connected to the story is nice.

Wes Michaud

( I listened to the audiobook of this so i will also be talking about to narrator(s) performance) 

cute story that I've loved sense I first listened to the musical it was fun to be in the characters head and hear what they're thinking  opposed to see everything from an outside view. the narrators really helped bring the book to life and the face that they are people that are already connected to the story is nice.

They just wanted to dance. They didn't mean to start a revolution... The novel of the laugh-out-loud high school musical coming to Netflix in 2020, starring Meryl Streep, Ariana Grande, James Corden and Nicole Kidman. Emma knows better than anyone that Edgewater, Indiana, is not a great place to be gay. But she's had enough of high school homophobia and really wants to take her girlfriend - the popular, closeted It Girl Alyssa- to prom. How big a deal could that really be? But when their classmates find out, the backlash exceeds Emma's worst nightmares. Meanwhile, in Manhattan, Barry and Dee Dee are Broadway stars of yesteryear. When their new show bombs, they need some good publicity - fast. So when they happen to hear about Emma's plight, they decide to step in and create a prom for everyone. Suddenly, Edgewater is the centre of a national news story. As the drama queens of New York take over the sleepy town, chaos ensues and the glare of the spotlight is brighter than anyone could have guessed. But all Emma and Alyssa want is to dance together. Is that too much to ask? The perfect read for fans of Mean Girls and Dear Evan Hansen!

The Novel Based on the Hit Broadway Musical

Hana Bohuslavová

Latitude Tamarind

This book isn’t super deep but I related to the main characters VERY HARD. Some of it seems very absurdist — I still don’t really know how Broadway or theater tied into this At All?? — but it has a very good heart. I listened to the musical it was based on afterwards — I was not previously familiar — and it sounds completely disjointed and nonsensical.

Emma liebt Alyssa und Alyssa liebt Emma. Und die beiden wollen zusammen zum Highschool-Abschlussball gehen. Eigentlich keine große Sache. In Edgewater im tiefsten Indiana aber offenbar doch: Die Mädchen verursachen einen Skandal! Hilfe kommt von völlig unerwarteter Seite: Aus dem fernen New York mischen sich zwei Broadway-Stars ein, die für Emma und Alyssa kämpfen wollen – und nebenbei ein wenig Werbung in eigener Sache dringend benötigen. Das verschlafene Edgewater und die örtliche Highschool geraten plötzlich ins Scheinwerferlicht des nationalen Medienspektakels, und mittendrin Emma und Alyssa. Wird ihre Liebe das aushalten?

Roman

Steph L 

A fantastic LGBTQ+ story

Going in I was familiar with the story being a fan of the musical. The book takes the musical, and puts it into book form. My favorite part was following Emma and Alyssa’s story.

Jessica 

(3.5 stars) 
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My stop on the official blog tour can be found here and features a photo journal of the novel as well as a few mood boards. Review can be found  here at Booked J. 

 As always, a copy of this book was provided by the publisher or author in exchange for my honest review and/or participation in the blog tour. This does not effect my opinion in any way. 

Before you all ask me: yes, the finished copy fixes the issue from the ARC where Alyssa Greene's sexuality was erased/changed. When I scheduled my stop on the blog tour, I wasn't initially aware of the controversy surrounding the changing of Alyssa Greene's sexuality from lesbian to pansexual. Alyssa states in her narration that she is a lesbian; as does Emma, as it should be. This kind of representation is very important. I have not read the ARC in which this erasure occurs. 

That being said, your voices were very much heard and the issue that should have never happened to begin with has been fixed, thankfully. Representation matters and the fact that this was even questioned is frustrating. The Prom wouldn't be what it is without Emma and Alyssa, their relationship, and their identities. 



Everyone who knows me knows that I'm a musical theatre person first and foremost. I've never loved anything like I love the stage and music. The Prom is one of those shows that feels like home and will always stir up emotions in me. There is so much to it that calls to me; Emma, Alyssa, their bond, the fact that its setting is not unlike my own hometown in Indiana. Everything about it sparkles. 

I was a little worried about a novel based upon a stage production. I've never been the best with novelizations of scripts. Don't ask me why. I genuinely don't know, considering musicals and literature are my two passions. 

The more that I thought about The Prom the more it reminded me how important it was to have this story out there in a way that will speak to those who desperately need it in their lives but aren't tuned into musical theatre. This is the representation so many needed. I thought the story itself translated sweetly to page, there are plenty of references to the production in its prose and I really appreciated that. 

Some changes were hits, others were misses, but honestly? That's okay with me. Because at the end of the day, I still really enjoyed The Prom and its mix of honesty and fluffiness. Page after page, I found myself screaming about how soft I was for these characters and it truly gave me the warm and fuzzies. As a contemporary YA novel, there is something that just works about The Prom, and I can't stress that enough. 

From the moments where your heart begins to ache for the characters, to the more heart-warming scenes, The Prom was a delight from start to finish. I only wish it were longer. In short, The Prom reminds us of the good and the bad in our world, life in a small town and most importantly what it's like to be young and in love.

neele

Viola Asp Borcher Christensen

Laura de Vreeden

The novel of the laugh-out-loud high school musical coming to Netflix in December 2020, directed by Ryan Murphy and starring Meryl Streep, Nicole Kidman, Kerry Washington, Andrew Rannells, James Corden and Ariana DeBose. They just wanted to dance. They didn't mean to start a revolution... Emma knows better than anyone that Edgewater, Indiana, is not a great place to be gay. But she's had enough of high school homophobia and really wants to take her girlfriend - the popular, closeted It Girl Alyssa- to prom. How big a deal could that really be? But when their classmates find out, the backlash exceeds Emma's worst nightmares. Meanwhile, in Manhattan, Barry and Dee Dee are Broadway stars of yesteryear. When their new show bombs, they need some good publicity - fast. So when they happen to hear about Emma's plight, they decide to step in and create a prom for everyone. Suddenly, Edgewater is the centre of a national news story. As the drama queens of New York take over the sleepy town, chaos ensues and the glare of the spotlight is brighter than anyone could have guessed. But all Emma and Alyssa want is to dance together. Is that too much to ask? The perfect read for fans of Mean Girls, Dear Evan Hansen and Simon Vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda!

Yi Yaw

Agus

Llega la novela de la nueva apuesta de Netflix: la adaptación del éxito de Broadway The Prom. Emma Nolan tiene quince años y solo sueña con una cosa en este mundo: bailar con su novia en el baile de graduación. Pero en su pequeño pueblo de Edgewater, Indiana, eso es como pedir la luna. Alyssa Greene es la chica más conocida del instituto, la más popular, jefa del consejo estudiantil e hija de la presidenta de la asociación de padres. Pero esconde un secreto: su relación con Emma. Cuando se corre la voz de que Emma planea llevar a una chica al baile, es tal el alboroto, que la asociación de padres amenaza con cancelarlo. Todo eso ocurre antes de que entren en acción Barry Glickman y Dee Dee Allen, dos estrellas de Broadway que deciden asumir la causa para obtener un poco de publicidad a cambio. Pero cuando llegan a Indiana para enarbolar la lucha en nombre de Emma, sus buenas intenciones se tuercen por completo. Con Emma enfrentada a los prejuicios de cabeza, Alyssa sumida en la duda sobre si salir del armario y Barry y Dee Dee disfrutando de toda la atención mediática, la tormenta perfecta está a punto de estallar. Sin embargo, cuando consiguen ir a la una, se dan cuenta de que siempre vale la pena luchar por el amor.

The Prom A Novel Based on the Hit Broadway Musical

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