Two visits ago, I did.īut hey, I was standing in a library, right? Although I'd seen nothing I needed from the adult New Release shelf, I'd found some Rock Fiction in the Young Adult section as I'd helped the Boy Band search for Artemis Fowl. I never thought I could ever get tired of that sort of scenery. I was about to be cursed with year-old magazines or the endless, wordless showings of some nature program set in Denali National Park. I was standing in the middle of the local library when it dawned on me: I was taking the Boy Band to the orthodontist for a quick fix and I'd left my e-reader at home. As Wonder rises through the pop-princess star-making machine, she also learns the price - and that maybe being an ordinary teenage girl isn't so bad after all. With spark and humor Rachel Cohn captures the struggles and glories of an ordinary teenage girl's climb to celebrity. And maybe what Wonder really wants is as simple as a guy who likes her for herself. But stardom isn't all glamour - it's also lots of work. Suddenly she has it all: a hot new look, a chart-busting hit single, a tour opening for superstar Kayla. Offered a recording contract, Wonder jumps at the chance to escape from a dead-end town, her fractured family, and worst of all, high school. Lucky was on her way to becoming a pop star when she died, and Wonder and her family are still trying to recover from their loss. Are you ready?"When fifteen-year-old Wonder Blake is plucked from her job at the Dairy Queen and given the chance to become a teen idol, it seems like a dream come true - even if it wasn't her dream, but her older sister Lucky's. This is "it." Public person - the good, the bad, and the ugly. "This is not a school musical, this is millions of people seeing you, recognizing you, criticizing you.
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