Leo's papa stood in the doorway, gazing down at him, "Leo, you make gold from pebbles," and the way he said it, Leo could tell that this was a good thing. He may have been given a big part in the school play... but Leo dreams he is the biggest star on Broadway.

Sure, his big, noisy family makes him feel like a sardine squashed in a tin... but in his fantasy he gets all the attention he wants. Yes, his papa seems sad and distracted... but Leo imagines him as a boy, tap-dancing and singing with delight.

That's why they call Leo "fog boy. " He's always dreaming, always replaying things in his brain. He fantasizes about who he is in order to discover who he will become. As an actor in the school play, he is poised and ready for the curtain to open. But in the play that is his life, Leo is eager to discover what part will be his.

Sharon Creech is the author of the Newbery Medal winner Walk Two Moons and the Newbery Honor winner The Wanderer. Her other novels includes Heartbeat, Granny Torrelli Makes Soup, Ruby Holler, Love That Dog, Bloomability, Absolutely Normal Chaos, Chasing Redbird, and Pleasing The Ghost, as well as three picture books: A Fine, Fine School; Fishing in the Air, and Who's That Baby? After spending eighteen years teaching and writing in Europe, Sharon Creech and her husband have returned to the United States to live.

Performed by Christopher Burns - With Reathal Bean, Susan Bennett, Heather MacRae, Sean McNall, Steven Padnick, Natasha Price, Karen Radner, Andrew Rannels, and Mandy Siegfried.