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Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Everyone knows that Judy Moody has a mood for every occasion, and this time she's in a jealous mood. Jealous of classmate Jessica Finch, that is, who gets her picture on the front page of the newspaper, just for winning a spelling bee. But when Judy Moody sets off in pursuit of her own fame and happiness, watch out! She is so determined, she just might find it - or will she merely become more infamous than ever?
Author
Language
English
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Description
To those who matter in 1950s Hollywood, Lena Scott is the hottest rising star to hit the silver screen since Marilyn Monroe. Few know her real name is Abra. Even fewer know the price shes paid to finally feel like shes somebody.To Pastor Ezekiel Freeman, Abra will always be the little girl who stole his heart the night he found her, a wailing newborn abandoned under a bridge on the outskirts of Haven. Zeke and his son, Joshua-Abras closest friend-watch...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Formats
Description
As the Planet's Funniest Kid Comic finals near, Jamie faces a whirlwind of attention at school and in the media and the fame starts to go to his head, but in Hollywood with Uncle Frankie, some of his fellow comedians quickly show him what competition and pressure are all about.
Author
Publisher
Tyndale House Publishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Performing on the hugely popular American Idol television show in 2007 almost ruined Phil Stacey's life. Fame, and the temptations that came with it, led this part-time worship pastor to a dark place. Eventually Phil cut through the confusion, realizing that he was created not for entertaining people or for fame but for one thing--to worship God."--
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Told in rhyming text, Thelma is a pony who created a big splash when she dressed up and posed as a unicorn, but she returned to her best friend Otis the donkey when fame proved to be stressful; now her many fans want her back, and Thelma is reluctant--until Otis agrees to go along as her manager and backup, so she can concentrate on being awesome.
11) The fan
Series
Publisher
Paramount Home Video
Language
English
Description
An obsessed young fan has been writing to Sally, a famous actress, but Sally's secretary discards the letters. When the fan sees he is being ignored, he moves to eliminate those standing between himself and his idol.
Author
Publisher
Graydon House
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Orla Cadden is a budding novelist stuck in a dead-end job, writing clickbait about movie-star hookups and influencer yoga moves. Then Orla meets Floss--a striving, wannabe A-lister--who comes up with a plan for launching them both into the high-profile lives they dream about. So what if Orla and Floss's methods are a little shady--and sometimes people get hurt? Their legions of followers can't be wrong. Thirty-five years later, in a closed California...
Author
Publisher
Thomas Nelson
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Jimmy Sullivan has been living on the road with his brother, Jack, and his band The Unknown Souls. Without a place to call home, Jimmy and Jack lead a nomadic life filled with music and anonymous cities. When they return to a place Jimmy never wants to see again--their old hometown of Seaboro, South Carolina--he falls in love with Charlotte Carrington.
With his soul now filled with hope, Jimmy writes his first love song. When he performs it at a...
14) Moose crossing
Author
Series
Publisher
Marshall Cavendish Children
Pub. Date
[2005]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Moose is excited when the sign "Moose Crossing" is put up, but he finds that tourists and fans can be exhausting.
Author
Publisher
Dell
Pub. Date
1989, c1986
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Determined to achieve fame by breaking several oddball world records in an upcoming contest, Arlo Moore and his friends practice fiendishly under the disapproval of parents and school principal.
16) Lies He Told Me
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
An attorney and mother of two discovers her husband́s secret life--and it might cost them all their lives. Everyone in Hemingway Grove, Illinois, knows David and Marcie Bowers. David owns the local pub. Marcie is a former big-city lawyer who practices family law. When David jumps into Cotton River to save a drowning stranger, hés celebrated as a hero. His muscled physique, shaved head, and piercing blue eyes are broadcast on every news outlet. For...
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
A hilarious collection inspired by a former Saturday Night Live writer's real experiences in Hollywood, chronicling the absurdity of fame and the humanity of failure in a world dominated by social media influencers and reality TV stars.
Hits and Misses is a hilarious new collection of stories about dreaming big and falling flat, about ordinary people desperate for stardom and the stars who are bored by having it all.
Inspired by Rich's real experiences...
Author
Publisher
Andersen Press
Pub. Date
c2016
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Samson is the star of Fleabag's Circus-this strong-flea can lift a match, he can lift a pea, he can lift lovely flea Amelie. But it's not enough-Samson wants to be the biggest star anywhere, so he sets off into the big, wide world.
Author
Publisher
Shaye Areheart Books
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
Rebeck has won an Edgar and a Peabody for her TV work and numerous awards for her plays. Her hilarious first novel begins when the New Yorker profiles the three beautiful granddaughters and grandson of a famed late literary critic, Leo Heller. As a perennially aspiring model, Daria, 18, is ecstatic. Her younger sister, Polly, 17, is thrilled, too, but 14-year-old Amelia could care less. Philip, 15, who is the smartest of the group, is the first of...
Author
Publisher
Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Drowning in debt, his wife's unhappiness and his own sense of failure, Eddie Hartley, a drama teacher at a boys' prep school, decides to sell a sex tape he made with an ex-girlfriend, who is now a television star, which has disastrous consequences.
"Handsome Eddie Hartley was once a golden boy poised for the kind of success promised by good looks and a modicum of talent. Now thirty-three, he has abandoned his dream of an acting career and accepted...