Lola Levine, age sev­en, is a pret­ty tough cook­ie who does­n’t think much can daunt her. After all, she is a soc­cer star who stands up to plen­ty of pres­sure on the field. But when she is on stage dur­ing the class play, well, that’s a dif­fer­ent mat­ter alto­geth­er. Just when she final­ly has the stage fright prob­lem mas­tered, tech­ni­cal dif­fi­cul­ties crop up and threat­en to ruin her hard-earned suc­cess. Who saves the day but her lov­ing Bubbe! A flam­boy­ant, dra­mat­ic Bubbe can always fig­ure out how to solve a the­atri­cal cri­sis with a bit of flair. Lola has a Catholic moth­er and a Jew­ish father and is close to both sides of her lov­ing mul­ti-cul­tur­al fam­i­ly but her father’s moth­er is very much a role mod­el for her and a char­ac­ter who will appeal to the imag­i­na­tions of readers.

Pleas­ant black and white draw­ings accom­pa­ny the humor­ous easy-to-read text.

Rec­om­mend­ed for ages 6 – 10.