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Author
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
Moving to Hollywood with his academic parents, eleven-year-old Mitch feels like an outsider in his school where everyone has connections to the powerful and famous in the entertainment industry, until he is cast in a soda commercial that launches a popular catchphrase.
43) How to be a hero
Author
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Gideon is a little boy who wants to be a hero and get his picture in the paper--but first he has to figure out just what a hero is.
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Cash Carter, the young, world-famous lead actor of the hit television show Wiz Kids, is a favorite of the tabloids and paparazzi, who take notice of his every move. When four fans jokingly invite him on a cross-country road trip, they are shocked when he actually accepts their invitation. Getting a taste of the spotlight, this unlikely crew takes off on a journey of narrow escapes from photographers, not-so-glamorous mishaps, and surprise turns. But...
Author
Series
Marcus volume 2
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
After Marcus's movie goes viral and he gets an invite to the Helen show, he experiences the challenges of sudden fame and risks losing the friends who helped him along the way.
47) Nerve
Author
Language
English
Description
As a player in NERVE, an anonymous game of dares broadcast live online, high-schooler Vee is unhappy to be watched constantly but finds it exhilarating to be paired with handsome Ian taking ever riskier dares--until the stakes become too high.
48) The daughters
Author
Pub. Date
2010.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
In New York City, three fourteen-year-old best friends who are all daughters of celebrities watch out for each other as they try to strike a balance between ordinary high school events, such as finding a date for the homecoming dance, and family functions like walking the red carpet with their famous parents.
49) Influence
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
After her family moves to Los Angeles, Delilah Rollins, already a minor Internet celebrity, plunges into the competitive and glamorous world of social media influencers, but can cosmetics and good lighting conceal cheating, manipulation, blackmail, and murder?
51) I am famous
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Kiely knows she is famous! The paparazzi (her parents) follow her every move, documenting it all with cameras. It's exhausting being famous, but someone has to do it! She even gets to perform a big song at her grandfather's birthday. When she messes it up, she's worried she's lost her audience forever, but it turns out that no one is as loyal as her fans who love her"--
52) Claim to fame
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Sixteen-year-old Lindsay, a former child star whose career ended when she developed the ability to hear what anyone, anywhere says about her and apparently suffered a nervous breakdown, comes to see this as an asset when, after her father's death, she learns that she is not alone.
54) Shine
Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Appears on these lists
DEN - Kids + Teens: Asian / Pacific American Heritage Month
NPM - YA AAPI Authors
NPM - YA Performing Arts
NPM - YA AAPI Authors
NPM - YA Performing Arts
Description
Seventeen-year-old Rachel Kim confronts the dark underbelly of the K-pop world as she strives to become a K-pop star.
Author
Series
Zita the spacegirl volume 2
Pub. Date
2012.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Zita is determined to find her way home to Earth, but her exploits have made her an intergallactic megastar, and as her true self is eclipsed by her public persona, she faces a robot doppelganger, unsure of who she can trust.
Author
Series
Song below water volume 2
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Once Portland-famous and now infamous, seventeen-year-old Naema Bradshaw is an Eloko--a charismatic person gifted with a melody that people adore--who navigates a personal and public reckoning, confronts the limits of her priviledge, and discovers the nature of her Black girl magic.
57) Wildflower
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"Sixteen-year-old Bird Barrett is discovered by a country music record label while playing in her family's bluegrass band. As her star rises, she must learn to stay true to her roots while navigating a brave new world of glamour and gold records in Nashville, Tennessee"-- Provided by publisher.
60) Royce rolls
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"A famous-for-being-famous LA family stars on their own reality show, but the sixteen-year-old daughter wants out"--
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