Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Totally Unrelated | 2013 | Tom Ryan | Buy |
| 2 | Attitude | 2013 | Tom Ryan | Buy |
| 3 | Cut the Lights | 2013 | Tom Ryan | Buy |
| 4 | Hot New Thing | 2014 | Tom Ryan | Buy |
| 5 | Big Time | 2014 | Tom Ryan | Buy |
| 6 | Warm Up | 2014 | Tom Ryan | Buy |
| 7 | Forcing the Ace | 2014 | Tom Ryan | Buy |
| 8 | Off Pointe | 2014 | Tom Ryan | Buy |
| 9 | Honeycomb | 2014 | Tom Ryan | Buy |
| 10 | Rock the Boat | 2015 | Tom Ryan | Buy |
| 11 | The Frail Days | 2015 | Tom Ryan | Buy |
| 12 | Shimmy | 2015 | Tom Ryan | Buy |
| 13 | Raising the Stakes | 2015 | Tom Ryan | Buy |
| 14 | At Ease | 2015 | Tom Ryan | Buy |
| 15 | Stepping Out | 2016 | Tom Ryan | Buy |
| 16 | Breaking Big | 2016 | Tom Ryan | Buy |
| 17 | Upstaged | 2016 | Tom Ryan | Buy |
| 18 | Across the Floor | 2016 | Tom Ryan | Buy |
| 19 | High Note | 2016 | Tom Ryan | Buy |
| 20 | Pop Quiz | 2017 | Tom Ryan | Buy |
| 21 | Getting the Brush Off | 2017 | Tom Ryan | Buy |
| 22 | Casting Lily | 2018 | Tom Ryan | Buy |
| 23 | Slip Jig Summer | 2018 | Tom Ryan | Buy |
| 24 | Raw Talent | 2018 | Tom Ryan | Buy |
Orca Limelights is a publisher series from Orca Book Publishers featuring 24 short YA novels about young people in the performing arts. Each book is written by a different author and tells a self-contained story. The settings range across dance, theater, music, magic, and other performance disciplines, with each novel running around 150 pages. The series was published between 2013 and 2018.
The books are designed for reluctant or developing readers, with accessible language and fast-moving plots. Tom Ryan contributed Tag Along to the broader Orca catalog, though the Limelights titles listed here come from various authors within the imprint. Titles like Off Pointe, Shimmy, and Across the Floor focus on dance, while others like Forcing the Ace and Pop Quiz cover magic and quiz competitions.