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Nora Roberts novel volume 56
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English
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"After her stint as an actress, Cilla McGowan has found a more satisfying life restoring homes. So she comes to Virginia's Shenandoah Valley to save the dilapidated farmhouse of her grandmother--a legendary actress who died of an overdose there more than thirty years ago. Plunging into the project with gusto, Cilla's almost too busy and exhausted to notice her neighbor, graphic novelist Ford Sawyer. Determined not to carry on the family tradition...
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Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
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"A heartbreaking and hilarious memoir by iCarly and Sam & Cat star Jennette McCurdy about her struggles as a former child actor - including eating disorders, addiction, and a complicated relationship with her overbearing mother - and how she retook control of her life." --
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Language
English
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"Thirty years after a tragic accident shut down production of the classic children's program Mister Magic, the five surviving cast members have done their best to move on. But just as generations of cultishly devoted fans still cling to the lessons they learned from the show, the cast, known as the Circle of Friends, have spent their lives searching for the happiness they felt while they were on it. The friendship. The feeling of belonging. And the...
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English
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"Aspiring writer Lucy Minninger has no trouble putting the comedy in her rom-coms. It's the romance part of the equation that's the problem ... Rudy Riziero made his mark on some of the most popular kids shows of the ՚90s. But ... [he's]'s actually ready for a relationship, if he could just find someone uninterested in who he used to be ... When Lucy and Rudy match online, they're eager to meet. But after their first date ends in a psychic's...
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English
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Brooke Shields never had what anyone would consider an ordinary life. She was raised by her Newark-tough single mom, Teri, a woman who loved the world of show business and was often a media sensation all by herself. Brooke's iconic modeling career began by chance when she was only eleven months old, and Teri's skills as both Brooke's mother and manager were formidable. But in private she was troubled and drinking heavily. As Brooke became an adult,...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
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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.
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English
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When Melissa Francis was eight, she won the role of a lifetime: Cassandra Cooper Ingalls, the little girl who was adopted by the Ingalls family on the prime-time soap opera, Little House on the Prairie. Despite her age, she was already a veteran actress, moving from one Hollywood set to the next. But behind the scenes, her success was fueled by the pride, pressure, and sometimes grinding cruelty of her stage mother. While Melissa thrived under pressure,...
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 4
Language
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.
Author
Series
Katie Kazoo switcheroo volume 10
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap
Pub. Date
c2003
Language
English
Description
While a movie is being filmed in Cherrydale, Katie switches into Rosie Moran, a world renowned child actress.
11) Life with Mikey
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Michael J. Fox stars as Mikey, a former child star having a little trouble with his new role as a kids' talent agent. He's desperate to find a way to keep his third-rate talent agency from going under when he meets Angie, a young con artist. With her streetwise smarts and irresistible charm, she's a natural for TV commercials and could be their ticket to the big time, if they don't drive each other crazy first.
Author
Publisher
Studio 66
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"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 like her prayers have been answered. But when the reality of their new life settles in, Faye realizes that fame and fortune don't come without a price. And in a world where everyone...
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Series
Publisher
Magic Attic Press
Pub. Date
c1997
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Star-struck Heather, who has been hoping to win a trip to Los Angeles in a local video store contest, decides that being a movie star may not be as glamorous as it appears after the magic mirror transports her to 1940s Hollywood where she is chosen to be a stand-in for a missing child actress.
Author
Publisher
Hachette Books
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Description
Fox Business anchor Melissa Francis was only eight years old when she won the role of a lifetime: playing Cassandra Cooper Ingalls on the world's most famous prime-time soap opera, Little House on the Prairie. Now in Lessons from the Prairie, Melissa shares behind-the-scenes stories from the set and lessons learned from the show's dynamic creator, Michael Landon, that have echoed throughout her adult life. With novel insights on hard work, making...
15) Star of the show
Series
Magic puppy volume 4
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap
Pub. Date
2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Acting in a film for the first time, Tessa is lonely until she meets a magic puppy who helps her make friends and meet her favorite actor.
17) Dimples
Series
Shirley Temple volume 7
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Description
A little girl with nothing but tiny dimples and a huge amount of talent makes her way from poverty to potential stardom.
Author
Series
Starring Jules volume 4
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Jules is starting third grade, but her new teacher seems a little strange, she has to choose and research a famous person for the class wax museum project, and rehearsals for the sitcom she is in are harder than ever--especially since the TV show is about to air.
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