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1) Followers
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English
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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...
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English
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"From the creator of @Deuxmoi, the popular--and infamous--celebrity gossip Instagram, comes a fun and charming debut novel about a stylist assistant whose drunken decision to turn her Instagram into a celeb gossip account turns her life completely upside down"-- Provided by publisher.
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English
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In 1950s Hollywood, when an unknown Mexican ingenue is cast as Salome, a star-making role in a big-budget movie about the legendary heroine, she becomes the object of envy of Nancy Hartley, a bit player who will do anything to win the fame she believes she richly deserves.
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Pub. Date
2014
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English
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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 she's paid to finally feel like she's 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 -- Abra's closest...
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Publisher
Amazon Publishing
Pub. Date
[2013]
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English
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"After a tumultuous year, Jack and Cassie are finally where they were always meant to be-- together. But being with Jack isn't all it's cracked up to be. He knows it's his last chance to prove it to Cassie, but can he do it? Thrust into the spotlight, Cassie must learn how to navigate the waters of this sometimes unforgiving and cruel world. It's a lifestyle that makes you question your happiness and sanity as the past is never truly far behind"--Page...
6) Uglies
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Uglies volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 13
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English
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"Tally is about to turn sixteen, and she can't wait. In just a few weeks she'll have the operation that will turn her from a repellent ugly into a stunningly attractive pretty. And as a pretty, she'll be catapulted into a high-tech paradise where her only job is to have fun. But Tally's new friend Shay isn't sure she wants to become a pretty. When Shay runs away, Tally learns about a whole new side of the pretty world--and it isn't very pretty. The...
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Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2020.
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English
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A semi-autobiographical novel follows the experiences of a successful but lonely, slightly overweight movie star who seeks to escape depression through a new romance and an Oscar-worthy role, only to discover the universe's alternative plans.
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Park Row Books
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English
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When four assistants to the most powerful men in the media and entertainment industries start an anonymous blog detailing their experiences, they find newfound fame and must keep their identities from being revealed while contending with what happens to those who try to change the world.
Cate, Lauren, Olivia and Max all have one thing in common: they're overworked, overtired and underpaid assistants to some of the most powerful men in the entertainment...
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Absolutely remarkable thing novels volume 1
Publisher
Dutton
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 16
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English
Description
"In his much-anticipated debut novel, Hank Green--cocreator of Crash Course, Vlogbrothers, and SciShow--spins a sweeping, cinematic tale about a young woman who becomes an overnight celebrity before realizing she's part of something bigger, and stranger, than anyone could have possibly imagined. The Carls just appeared. Coming home from work at three a.m., twenty-three-year-old April May stumbles across a giant sculpture. Delighted by its appearance...
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English
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Meet Ramesh Kumar, "examinations consultant," who makes a lucrative living taking tests for the sons of India's elite. He is just a cog in the wheel that keeps the middle classes thriving, until he takes India's national university entrance exam for a lackluster student and inadvertently comes in first. Ramesh sees an opportunity--perhaps even an obligation--to cash in on the newfound celebrity of his client Rudi, who's soon juggling stardom and his...
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English
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"Set against the backdrop of the Malibu surf culture of the 1980s this novel follows the daughter of a famous singer who, once she finds fame, must grapple with the fact that her father abandoned her and her siblings when they were young"-- Provided by publisher.
August 1983. Everyone wants to be around the famous Rivas: Nina, talented surfer and supermodel; brothers Jay and Hud, one a championship surfer, the other a renowned photographer; and their...
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Wink books (J.C. Phillipps) volume 2
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
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English
Description
Wink loves being the most famous ninja in Japan but when he needs a nap his fans will not leave him alone, and so he seeks guidance from his former teacher, Master Zutsu.
15) The haters
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Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2024.
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English
Description
"Camryn Hart is living her dream. After years of struggle and rejection, her first novel has finally been published. Her editor is happy; her fiancé, Matt, is supportive; and her friends are all excited for her. She's on top of the world--until she receives a disturbing email from an unfamiliar address. Rattled by the accusations she finds there, Camryn swallows the sick feeling in her stomach and resolves to put the email out of her mind. But then...
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English
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"Iris Cooper has been singing ever since she can remember, hitting the high notes like no one else. When she is twelve, her father convinces the owner of a bar in Lake City, Texas, to let her perform, and she stuns the audience. In the ensuing years, never staying anywhere for long, father and daughter move from one dusty town to the next, her passion for music growing every time she takes the mike in another roadhouse. But it is not an easy life...
17) Paths of glory
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English
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This real-life mountaineering mystery recounts the story of Britain's George Mallory and his attempt to scale Mt. Everest.
18) Moving target
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English
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Lance Tucker, an incarcerated juvenile offender doing time for hacking into the San Leandro School District's computer system, is set on fire one night and severely burned while hanging Christmas decorations in a lockup rec room. The police say that he did it to himself, but B. Simpson, Ali Reynolds's fiancé and the man who helped put Lance in jail, feels obligated to investigate. Lance is famous for developing software that allows users to surf...
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Series
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 6
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English
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"Now that his dad's cookie store is a success, Ellis is basically a local celebrity. He's primed to take a star turn playing his harmonica on national television...until his big break turns into the most embarrassing moment of his life."-- Front jacket flap.
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Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Description
"He was the troubled face of rock 'n' roll...until he suddenly disappeared without a trace. Jane Pyre was once one half of one of the most famous rock 'n' roll duos in the world, the Lightning Bottles. Years later, she's perhaps the most hated--and least understood--woman in music. She was never as popular with fans as her bandmate (and soulmate), Elijah Hart--even if Jane was the one who wrote the songs that catapulted the Lightning Bottles to instant,...
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