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In this heartwarming, funny middle-grade novel by the bestselling author of Counting by 7s, Julia grows into herself while playing a Munchkin in a production of The Wizard of Oz.

Julia is very short for her age, but by the end of the summer run of The Wizard of Oz, she will realize how big she is inside, where it counts. She hasn’t ever thought of herself as a performer, but when the wonderful director of Oz casts her as a Munchkin, she begins to see herself in a new way.

Julia becomes friendly with the poised and wise Olive, one of the adults with dwarfism who have joined the production’s motley crew of Munchkins. With her deeply artistic neighbor, Mrs. Chang, Julia’s own sense of self as an artist grows. Soon, she doesn’t want to fade into the background—and it’s a good thing, because her director has more big plans for Julia.

Bubbling over with humor and tenderness, while emphasizing the importance of role models, this is an irresistible story of self-discovery.

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“Narrator Tara Sands has Julia’s precocious-little-girl voice down pat. Sands also makes quick and smooth transitions to suit Julia’s mercurial moods…Sands also creates believable adults in director Shawn Barr and Olive, an adult ‘little person’ who shows Julia that there’s more to people than their size.”

— AudioFile