![]() ![]() Naomi and Ely's No Kiss List by Rachel Cohn & David Levithan, 2007.Long May She Reign by Ellen Emerson White, 2007.Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer, 2006.Lessons From A Dead Girl by Jo Knowles, 2007.Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K.Rowling, 2007.Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village by Laura Amy Schlitz, 2007.Gilda Joyce: The Ladies of the Lake by Jennifer Allison, 2006.Frankenstein Makes a Sandwich by Adam Rex, 2006.Evolution, Me & Other Freaks of Nature by Robin Brande, 2007.Daisy Kutter: The Last Train by Kazu Kibuishi, 2005.Cures for Heartbreak by Margo Rabb, 2007.Alice in Sunderland by Bryan Talbot, 2007.I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have To Kill.This Book Is For All Kids, But Especially My Siste.True Confessions of a Hollywood Starlet.Sex Kittens And Horn Dawgs Fall In Love.You Can Never Find A Rickshaw When It Monsoons.Not only did it have that plotline going for it, but the writing was stellar. It was just the story of a girl who wanted out of the spotlight and needed a normal life. Can you tell?! -) Amazing Grace by Megan Shull has been the best attempt at the "de-celebrity" storyline, in my opinion, because it was plausible and realistic without ever relying on modern-day tidbits and namedropping to make it interesting. I value honesty so highly that I just get mad at stories based around lies. I have low expectactions for any and all books, movies, or shows about hidden identities because they tend to be predictable: towards at the end of the story, the true identity will be revealed, arguments will be had, tears will be shed - but then, gee, everything will be okay because the girl still gets the boy and everyone is still friends! I then shake my head at the implausibility of it all and start ranting. It surprised me because it was better than I expected it to be. She just needs to figure out how to have a healthy life and a healthy career. Because while yes, Morgan has been acting since forever and yes, Morgan realizes that the fast times were no good Morgan likes acting. So what if we say they're too fat, or too skinny? Too slutty, too trendy? Douglas is sympathetic to Morgan and the other teen queens sympathetic to what they're living thru, what they've missed out on, and even sympathetic to their ambitions. They travel, buy anything they want, eat great food, hang out with awesome people. And she has to sit there and take it, because she's Claudia, and the girls heap on the abuse, because hey, Morgan isn't real. There's a painful moment when Morgan, as Claudia, hears teen girls tear her (Morgan) apart. It would be easy, very very easy, to mock Morgan. Doesn't that describe a lot of teenage girls? Morgan has problems with her mother, and an absentee father she has a best friend who sometimes says stupid things. But this is more than a fish out of water story it's about reinvention and starting over. We laugh with Morgan, rather than at her. Morgan is trying out being a new person doing things she normally wouldn't, like, you know, study. Part of this book is dream fulfillment, both bad (I'd like to see Lindsay Lohan try to live on $500 for clothes!) and good (imagine being famous girl.) But this is more than an escapist, "what would it be like to be her" book. And in the months of rehab, Morgan started eating normally so has gone up quite a few sizes. Part of the reason no-one recognizes Morgan/Claudia is she dies her hair brown. The Good: Any pop culture junkie, like moi, will adore this fictional "behind the scenes" look at a Teen Queen trapped in Suburbia. And once her year in Typical High School is over, reveal all and have the Best. Pretend to be some regular plain jane girl, named Claudia Miller. His idea? She should take it easy for a year, away from temptation, in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Her manager isn't sure what to do Morgan loves acting and wants to go home. The envy stopped just around the time she almost OD'ed and then spent six months in rehab. You've seen her and envied her glam life. ![]() You've just met Morgan Carter, acting for over half her life, the main financial support of her mother. The Plot: You know the teen actresses who are size 0 and complain about clothes being too big? Who somehow get into all those clubs even tho they are SO underage? Who live that wild and crazy life? True Confessions of a Hollywood Starlet by Lola Douglas ![]()
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