Heartwood

Some girls will kill for the lead role. Clara is willing to die for the background.Thirteen-year-old Clara Vance has always been invisible. In the loud, chaotic ecosystem of St. Jude's Middle School, she is the girl who never speaks, never acts out, and never gets noticed.Then comes the spring play.Enter Mr. Grotowski—a bitter, failed auteur who treats his middle school drama students like Juillia...