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"Jennette McCurdy was six years old when she had her first acting audition. Her mother's dream was for her only daughter to become a star, and Jennette would do anything to make her mother happy. So she went along with what Mom called “calorie restriction,” eating little and weighing herself five times a day. She endured extensive at-home makeovers while Mom chided, “Your eyelashes are invisible, okay? You think Dakota Fanning doesn't tint hers?”...
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Who is Mister Magic? Former child stars reunite to uncover the tragedy that ended their show—and discover the secret of its enigmatic host—in this “skin-crawling story of pop culture fandom and ‘90s nostalgia” (Melissa Albert, author of The Hazel Woods) from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Hide. “It meets The Stepford Wives in this wildly compelling story that explores whether it’s possible to recapture the magic of childhood.”٬٢٠١٤؛Mallory...
3) Silent night
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"Paige Watts is the ultimate stage mother. The daughter of Hollywood royalty, Paige channels her own acting dreams into making her daughter, Emma, a star. By the age of nine, Emma is playing a central role in a hit TV show. Then everything is shattered by unforeseeable tragedy. Now Emma is living with her aunt Whitney, who had chosen a very different path than her sister. Whitney was always the studious older sister, hating the cult of celebrity that...
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Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2016.
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English
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"Suzanne Redfearn delivers another gripping page-turner in her latest novel, a story about a young mother's fight to protect her children from the dangerous world of Hollywood. Faye Martin never expected her husband to abandon her and her three children...or that she'd have to struggle every day to make ends meet. So when her four-year-old daughter is discovered through a YouTube video and offered a starring role on a television series, it seems...
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Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2013.
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English
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"The neighbors all whisper about the two sisters who live on the hill: It's Blanche Hudson who lives in that house, you know. The Blanche Hudson, who starred in big Hollywood films all those years ago. Such a shame her career ended so early, all because of that accident. They say it was her sister, Jane, who did it--that she crashed the car because she was drunk. They say that's why she looks after Blanche now, because of the guilt. That's what they...
8) Trust me
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2014
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English
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Howard Holloway is a down-on-his luck agent for child actors and one the last good guys left in Hollywood. After discovering a thirteen-year-old acting prodigy, he is poised to close the deal of a lifetime which would catapult them into the big time. Now he must juggle the actress' volatile father, dodge a scheming producer, and outwit his uber-slick nemesis. As he arrives on the brink of his dream, he begins to sense that his innocent young starlet...
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[2017]
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English
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An inspirational comedy about faith and forgiveness. Gavin Stone, a washed-up former child star is forced to do community service at a local mega-church and pretends to be Christian so he can land the part of Jesus in their annual passion play only to discover that the most important role of his life is far from Hollywood.
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Lone Star Ridge volume 3
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HQN
Pub. Date
2020.
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English
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"Former child star "Badly" Hadley Dalton can't shake the nickname she got on Little Cowgirls, the reality show that made her famous. Another thing she can't shake: her attraction to hometown heartthrob Leyton Jameson. After their teen make-out session was televised, Leyton ended their relationship, and Hadley left town. But when she learns her beloved Granny Em has gone missing, Hadley returns home and immediately lands in hot water' Leyton has wanted...
11) Dimples
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Fox Video
Pub. Date
c2001
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English
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A dimpled poor girl makes her way from poverty to potential stardom despite a grandfather who pushes her into a life of crime.
12) Tribute
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Cilla, a former child star who has found more satisfying work as a restorer of old houses, has come to her grandmother's Shenandoah Valley farmhouse, tools at her side, to rescue it from ruin. In the attic, she finds a cache of unsigned letters suggesting that her grandmother was pregnant when she died and that the father was a local married man. When Cilla becomes the target of a series of intimidating acts and a frightening, violent assault, her...
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Mango Delight volume 3
Publisher
Sterling Children's Books
Pub. Date
2022.
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English
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"Landing the starring role in a new television series, Mango Delight Fuller must face the realities of success as she deals with a star's extra-heavy workload, while managing the changes to her family's life, and keeping egos in check and heartbreak at bay"--Provided by publisher.
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Lone Star Ridge volume 1
Publisher
HQN
Pub. Date
2020
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English
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Their past never faded -- and neither did their passion. Between running his family ranch and dealing with far too many needy relatives, Shaw Jameson doesnt have time for more trouble. But when his first love, former-child-star-turned-businesswoman Sunny Dalton, returns to Lone Star Ridge, Shaw senses things are about to get a whole lot more interesting. Shaw isnt prepared for the memories that come flooding back nowor the reignited spark between...
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Tendencias
Pub. Date
2023.
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Español
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"Llega la desgarradora e hilarante biografía de Jennette McCurdy, la estrella de iCarly y Sam & Cat, en la que narra sus dificultades como actriz infantil, sus trastornos alimentarios, sus adicciones, la complicada relación con su madre y cómo retomó el control de su vida. Jennette tenía seis años cuando fue a su primera audición. El sueño de su madre era que su única hija fuera una estrella, y Jennette estaba dispuesta a todo para hacerla...
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Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
c2011
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IL: MG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 4
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English
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While older sister Alex is trying to orchestrate a perfect first kiss with her heartthrob and younger sister Joey prefers frogs to boys, Stevie Reel wonders if she is ready for a boyfriend while being pursued by a new boy in her class.
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