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"""What if Louis Sachar's Wayside School were a little less wacky - but just as funny - and centered on a young Black boy who IS going to be the great inventor of all time, and set in the top STEM middle school in the country, oh and it was written by someone who worked for years in independent schools, and it also tackles what it's like to live in a blended family and to stand up to a parent who's not being so great and to truly work together with your peers? It might look a little like J.E. Thomas's Control Freaks: ) Benjamin Banneker STEM Academy is the top middle school in Denver. Let's just say the kids are . . . competitive. When Principal Yee announces the start of an epic Team Competition for the school, Frederick Douglass Zezzmer knows that trophy's got his name on it. That'll show his sports-obsessed Dad that he's worthy, right? Only problem is, it's a TEAM competition ... and Doug isn't so great working in a team environment (except with his best friend Huey, of course). Control Freaks is a clever send-up of school - and a genuine portrait of a kid and family - that kids across the country will see themselves and find joy and connection in."""

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Brian Nishii is a voice talent and award-winning audiobook narrator. Born in Saginaw, Michigan, Cortney Scott Wright is a screenwriter, as well as a film and television actress. A graduate from the University of Michigan with a BFA in theater performance, she played lead roles in off-Broadway theater productions of Grease and Flyin' West before steadily booking lead roles in acclaimed regional theater, such as the award-winning Joe Turner's Come and Gone at The Fountain Theatre in Los Angeles. She had a lead role in the Toni Braxton biopic Unbreak My Heart for A&E/ Lifetime, played a recurring role in the long-running soap General Hospital, and was a guest star in the comedy series Game Shakers for Nickelodeon. Her animated comedy pilot, Toy Detectives, is currently in development with Mads Munk, executive producer of the Lego cartoon series franchise for M2 Film and M2 Animation. Most recently she wrote and directed the short film Sheer Desperation, which is currently in festivals. She is also a staff writer on the Blippi Franchise for Moonbug Entertainment. Ruffin Prentiss is a voice talent and audiobook narrator. Jeed Saddy is a mother of four who studied voice-over and improv in San Francisco and now resides in the Los Angeles area. Maxwell Glick is an actor based in Los Angeles. He has appeared on television in guest roles in numerous shows such as The Office and Castle. He also has voiced numerous commercials, audiobooks, and cartoons. Originally a regional theater actor, Glick has played Arpad in She Loves Me, Matt in The Fantasticks, and Eugene in Brighton Beach Memoirs. A New York native, he is a graduate of Boston College. Imani Parks is a voice talent and Earphones Award-winning narrator.

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