High School Musical (book series)

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The first book in the High School Musical series, was High School Musical: the Junior Novel, the novelization of the successful first film was released early June 2006, by Disney Press. This novel hit number one on the New York Times best-selling list best-selling list and remained on the list for sixteen weeks. [1] As of August 2007, the novel has sold more than 4.5 million copies with 1 million copies of the novel's follow-up, High School Musical 2: The Junior Novel, being shipped to American retailers. [1] Shortly after the success of the original novel, Disney announced that a book series, entitled Stories From East High, would be published in February 2007 with a new book being published every 60 days until July 2008. However, books from the series have been scheduled for publication after the originally announced date. A complete list of books is provided below:

Contents

List of books

Novels

The following are the novelizations of each individual film from the series.

No.NameDate releasedWritten by
1High School MusicalJune 1, 2006N.B. Grace
2High School Musical 2August 14, 2007N.B. Grace
3High School Musical 3: Senior YearSeptember 23, 2008N.B. Grace

Stories from East High

This book series is considered separate from the novelizations, although they do acknowledge events from the novels as well as from other books within the series.

No.Book nameDate releasedWritten by
1Battle of The BandsJanuary 16, 2007N.B. Grace
2Wildcat SpiritMarch 20, 2007Catherine Hapka
3Poetry in MotionMay 22, 2007Alice Alfonsi
4Crunch TimeJuly 31, 2007N.B. Grace
5Broadway DreamsSeptember 25, 2007N.B. Grace
6Heart to HeartNovember 27, 2007Helen Perelman
7Friends 4Ever?February 26, 2008Catherine Hapka
8Get Your Vote On!April 22, 2008Alice Alfonsi
9Ringin' It InAugust 26, 2008N.B. Grace
10Turn Up the HeatOctober 28, 2008Helen Perelman
11In The SpotlightDecember 23, 2008Catharine Hapka
12Bonjour, Wildcats! [2] February 24, 2009N.B. Grace
13Game On [3] April 28, 2009Sarah Nathan
14Lights, Camera, ActionJuly 21, 2009N.B. Grace

Super Special Series

This series takes place in the same canon as the Stories from East High, but are roughly double the length of the other books.

No.Book nameDate releasedWritten by
1Under the StarsJune 3, 2008Helen Perelman
2Shining MomentsApril 28, 2009Helen Perelman

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References

  1. 1 2 Disney launches two 'High School Musical' books
  2. Grace, N. B. (24 February 2009). Disney High School Musical: Stories from East High #12: Bonjour, Wildcats. Disney Press. ISBN   978-1423109716.
  3. Gelsey, James; Kitsis, Eddy; Horowitz, Adam; Lisberger, Steven; MacBird, Bonnie (28 April 2009). Disney High School Musical: Stories from East High #13: Game on. Disney Press. ISBN   978-1423109723.