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Author
Publisher
Random House/Listening Library
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Anyway you slice it: Katie turns into Louie the chef after offering to help run a pizza eating contest.
Quiet on the set!: While a movie is being filmed in Cherrydale, Katie switches into Rosie Moran, a world renowned child actress.
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Formats
Description
The iconic actress looks back on her days as a child star for Disney, as well as the challenges of dealing with an industry that wanted her to remain to bound to a wholesome, youthful public image.
Mills was still a preteen when she began her acting career and was quickly thrust into the spotlight. Under the wing of Walt Disney himself, Mills was transformed into one of the biggest child starlets of the 1960s through iconic roles in both British...
3) Tribute
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
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...
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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Description
"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?"...
Author
Series
Lena in the spotlight volume 2
Publisher
Zonderkidz
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
"Lena is just figuring out how to manage her new fame at home when she finds out she's hitting the road on a two-week bus tour to further promote the film. Traveling across the country with the cast--with the surprise addition of her whole family joining them--Lena experiences adventures and challenges she never expected, while learning to step outside of her comfort zone and follow the path God has for her life. She learns that saying yes to God...
Author
Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
A fiercely funny and heartfelt Brooklyn-set rom-com featuring two talented romantic misfits whose first date ends with a psychic's prophecy that is equal parts great fortune and certain doom-and sends them on a search for answers to some of life's big questions, including whether they'll throw caution-and fate-to the wind, trust their instincts and write their own futures?
From co-authors and real-life partners Kate and Danny Tamberelli.
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Author
Series
Publisher
Sourcebooks Young Readers, an imprint of Sourcebooks
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Things are going great for Hayley on the set of the mystery show Sadie Solves It. But one day, things start disappearing from the studio--expensive jewelry used on the show, and even earrings from someone's purse! Who's the thief stalking Silver Screen Studios? Hayley doesn't want to get involved... after all, she only plays a detective on TV. But then one of the stolen items is found in her trailer, and her favorite makeup artist, Vee, is blamed...
Author
Series
Lone Star Ridge volume 3
Publisher
HQN
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"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...
Author
Series
Publisher
Sourcebooks Young Readers, an imprint of Sourcebooks
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
"When Hayley gets the lead role in a new TV show called Sadie Solves It, she's so excited...even if there are rumors of hauntings surrounding the Silver Screen Studios. It's LA, she thinks--there are ghost stories everywhere! But to her surprise, strange things actually start happening as production ramps up. Lights flicker, cold blasts of air come out of nowhere, and one day the electricity is cut to the studio entirely with no clear cause. Can...
Author
Series
Lone Star Ridge volume 1
Publisher
HQN
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Their past never faded -- and neither did their passion. Between running his family ranch and dealing with far too many needy relatives, Shaw Jameson doesn't 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 isn't prepared for the memories that come flooding back now...or the reignited spark between...
Author
Publisher
Weinstein Books
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
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,...
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Cilla McGowan is a former child star who buys her grandmother's farmhouse in Virginia's Shenandoah Valley to restore it from ruin. Her hope for serenity is soon shattered by haunting dreams of her famous grandmother who perished in the house thirty years before. She finds comfort in her neighbor, Ford Sawyer, who must protect her when the dark visions and family secrets spiral into a real-life nightmare.
15) No ordinary life
Author
Publisher
Studio 66
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Faye Martin never expected her husband to abandon her and their 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. In a world where everyone...
16) Unsweetined
Author
Publisher
Simon Spotlight Entertainment
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
In the vein of Nic Sheff's "Tweak" and Tori Spelling's "sTori Telling," "UnSweetined" reveals the former "Full House" star's harrowing journey from her role as America's sweetheart on a popular television show to her struggle with substance abuse.
Author
Publisher
Del Rey
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"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...
19) Child star
Author
Publisher
First Second, an imprint of Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Child Star is a fictional documentary-style graphic novel about how growing up in the spotlight robs young actors of a true childhood.--Amazon.com
Publisher
Walt Disney Home Video
Pub. Date
[2002?]
Language
English
Description
Hollywood's biggest star stood just three feet tall and her name was Shirley. This movie is based on the early career years of Shirley Temple, child star. Including the ups and downs of her career and the influence her parents had on her income.
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