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Starring Arabelle, my debut novel, offers two themes in this comedy of errors. One is the three-ring circus of staging You Can’t Take It With You, the high school play that Arabelle longs to be in; the other involves the comic goings-on at the Heavenly Rest Nursing Home that mirror the nutty antics in the play. I hope the similarities between the two will tickle your fancy and keep you turning pages to the very end.

Starring Arabelle

Synopsis:
Impulsive, romantic Arabelle Archer is determined to make the most of her freshman year. She’ll audition for the school play and soon be on her way to the stardom she knows is her destiny.

But Arabelle’s year gets off to a rocky start when all the roles in the play go to upperclassmen and she has to settle for prompting. To make matters worse, her guidance counselor insists that she fulfill her community service requirement by volunteering at the Heavenly Rest Nursing Home—the last place on earth she wants to be.

When, unexpectedly, a crisis puts the school play at risk and Arabelle faces losing the biggest role of her life, she discovers that making a lasting impression isn’t always about being a star and that her biggest fans are the friends she’s made at Heavenly Rest.

Read Starring Arabelle Chapter 1 (Adobe PDF)

Starring Arabelle Flyer by Hillary Hall De Baun

ISBN: 978-0-8028-5398-1
Paperback
236 pages
Ages 10-14
$9.00 US