Pop Princess
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A teen Dairy Queen worker -- with connections and a too-cool name to boot -- rises to music stardom in this trendy, candy popfilled read from Gingerbread and The Steps author Rachel Cohn.
Although Wonder Blake stands in the daunting shadow of her sister, Lucky -- a burgeoning pop star who died in a tragic accident -- she has true talent that's all her own. So when Lucky's former manager, Tig, spots her in Dairy Queen and asks her to audition, Wonder soon finds herself on the way to the top of the pop charts with her debut song, "Bubble Gum Pop." Fortunately, Wonder has Kayla (Lucky's former friend and a singing celeb) to help indoctrinate her into the ways of pop princess-dom, and Wonder gets a taste of fame that has its sweet rewards. But fast fame also has its price, and Wonder's singing career ends almost as quickly as it started. In the end, however, it's the heart and soul that count, and Wonder's journey back to the average life brings her closer to the important stuff she'd overlooked all along.
With its slick cover and media-savvy tone, Cohn's novel will leave readers feeling like they've been given a VH1 Behind the Scenes-turns-literary glimpse into the life of a pop star. Cohn's message about glamour's temporary status and the media shines through, while she never forgets the issues of family, sex and romance, and school life. If you're looking for more about music stardom, check out Sarra Manning's Guitar Girl and Britney Spears' A Mother's Gift. Shana Taylor
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This book is soooo good. It's about a girl named Wonder Blake whose life fell apart right after her sister/best friend Lucky was killed by a drunk driver. Then her parents marriage starts to fall apart and they have to move from Cambridge,Massachussets to their summer home. Suffering from the fact that she had no friends in her new school except her neighbors Katie and her brother Henry [aka science project], she tried to live every day to meet her sister's expectations if she was alive. Even Katie didn't associate herself with Wonder during school since she because a popular cheerleader, only when they were at their job at the local dairy queen. It's there that she gets discovered by Gerald Tiggs, a record producer to some of the hottest teen pop stars in America including pop princess Kayla ( who was best friends with Lucky and good friends with Wonder, during their earlier years in mass. as well as a tv show called Beantown Kidz). Not to give anything away, but from there Wonder goes through ups and downs, searching for true love, and recognizing those who were always there for her opposed to those who just liked her after her fame. I thouhgt it was a book that was amusing and fun to read and you wouldn't get bored!
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