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Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Aspiring writer Maurice Swift, whose desire for fame exceeds his talent, uses a chance meeting with celebrated novelist Erich Ackermann in a West Berlin hotel in 1988 to obtain secrets about Ackermann's wartime activities, which becomes material for his first novel.
2) Extras
Author
Series
Uglies volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Formats
Description
After rebel Tally Youngblood brings down the uglies/pretties/specials regime, fame, instead of beauty, becomes the new world order, and fifteen-year-old Aya Fuse embarks on a dangerous plan to boost her popularity ranking.
Author
Publisher
Razorbill
Pub. Date
2008.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
While trying to score a date with her cute co-worker at the Scooper Dooper, sixteen-year-old Audrey gains unwanted fame and celebrity status when her ex-boyfriend, a rock musician, records a breakup song about her that soars to the top of the Billboard charts.
Author
Language
English
Description
In Killing the Legends, Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard explore the lives, legacies, and tragic deaths of three of the most famous people of the 20th century. Each experienced immense success, then failures that forced them to change; each faced the challenge of growing old in fields that privilege youth; and finally, each became isolated, cocooned by wealth but vulnerable to the demands of those in their innermost circles.
7) Starstruck
Publisher
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
When small-town girl Jessica meets hunky young pop star Christopher Wilde, they have a musical adventure around Los Angeles.
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Formats
Description
A satirical comedy about a down-on-his-luck publicist who discovers a recently released mental health patient who looks just like a misbehaving movie star. The publicist subs him into a film, creating a new star. But fame and fortune are not all they are cracked up to be.
Author
Publisher
Riverhead Books
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Fleeing her family home in Wisconsin in the wake of a tragedy that compels her to pursue her acting career in golden-age Hollywood, Elsa enjoys the heady extravagances of her fame while struggling to remain true to herself and balance the needs of her family.
Author
Series
I funny volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
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
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
"When musical prodigy, Elvis Ruby, completely freezes up on television, he is forced to hide out in the Pinelands of New Jersey and try to find his way back to the music once again with the help of a new friend"-- Provided by publisher.
17) Zeroboxer
Author
Publisher
Flux
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
"As seventeen-year-old Carr 'the Raptor' Luka rises to fame in the weightless combat sport of zeroboxing, he learns a devastating secret that jeopardizes not only his future in the sport, but interplanetary relations"-- Provided by publisher.
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
One year after the events of the original Rock Dog, Bodi and his band, True Blue, have become locally famous in Snow Mountain. But when a music mogul named Lang gives them the opportunity to tour with pop sensation Lil Foxy, Bodi and his friends learn that fame comes at a price, and ultimately discover that only by staying true to themselves can they unleash the power of rock 'n roll!
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