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:
List of books
editNovels
editThe following are the novelizations of each individual film from the series.
| No. | Name | Date released | Written by |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | High School Musical | June 1, 2006 | N.B. Grace |
| 2 | High School Musical 2 | August 14, 2007 | N.B. Grace |
| 3 | High School Musical 3: Senior Year | September 23, 2008 | N.B. Grace |
Stories from East High
editThis 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 name | Date released | Written by |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Battle of The Bands | January 16, 2007 | N.B. Grace |
| 2 | Wildcat Spirit | March 20, 2007 | Catherine Hapka |
| 3 | Poetry in Motion | May 22, 2007 | Alice Alfonsi |
| 4 | Crunch Time | July 31, 2007 | N.B. Grace |
| 5 | Broadway Dreams | September 25, 2007 | N.B. Grace |
| 6 | Heart to Heart | November 27, 2007 | Helen Perelman |
| 7 | Friends 4Ever? | February 26, 2008 | Catherine Hapka |
| 8 | Get Your Vote On! | April 22, 2008 | Alice Alfonsi |
| 9 | Ringin' It In | August 26, 2008 | N.B. Grace |
| 10 | Turn Up the Heat | October 28, 2008 | Helen Perelman |
| 11 | In The Spotlight | December 23, 2008 | Catharine Hapka |
| 12 | Bonjour, Wildcats![2] | February 24, 2009 | N.B. Grace |
| 13 | Game On[3] | April 28, 2009 | Sarah Nathan |
| 14 | Lights, Camera, Action | July 21, 2009 | N.B. Grace |
Super Special Series
editThis 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 name | Date released | Written by |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Under the Stars | June 3, 2008 | Helen Perelman |
| 2 | Shining Moments | April 28, 2009 | Helen Perelman |
References
edit- ^ a b Disney launches two 'High School Musical' books
- ^ Grace, N. B. (24 February 2009). Disney High School Musical: Stories from East High #12: Bonjour, Wildcats. Disney Press. ISBN 978-1423109716.
- ^ 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.