Jung, Jessica
Summary: Six years ago Korean American Rachel Kim was recruited by DB Entertainment, one of Seoul's largest K-pop labels. The rules are simple: Train 24/7. Be perfect. Don't date. Now, as the dark scandals of an industry bent on controlling and commodifying beautiful girls begin to bubble up, Rachel wonders if she is strong enough to be a winner, or if she will end up crushed. When she begins to develop...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster BFYR 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC JUNDiPucchio, Kelly
Summary: "Everyone loves Bacon but letting his fame go to his head may prove more dangerous than he thought"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE DIPJung, Jessica
Summary: Rachel Kim is at the top of her game: Girls Forever is now the number-one K-pop group in the world, and her viral airport styling attracts the attention of fashion's biggest names. The only thing that's missing is love, but in this world, falling in love can cost you everything. When Rachel literally falls head over heels into Alex's lap on a crowded metro, she's tempted to give up her...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC JUNCho, Kat
Summary: Instead of going to prom, Elena Soo wants to spend her time saving the local community center. She is determined to keep her priorities straight even when her childhood best friend Robbie Choi, who is now a K-pop superstar, returns to make good on their old pact to go to prom together. But Robbie is nothing like the sweet, goofy boy she remembers-- and he comes with hordes of screaming fans,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hyperion 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC CHOGownley, Jimmy.
Summary: Nine-year-old Amelia McBride is curious about her Aunt Tanner's fame as a former rock star, devoted to her friend Reggie and his superhero club, goes to a funeral, and thinks about life and love.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers 2009
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 GOWGreen, Hank
Summary: "A young woman becomes an overnight celebrity before realizing she's part of something bigger, and stranger, than anyone could have possibly imagined when she makes a video of a giant sculpture in New York that goes viral"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2019
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1 available in Adult, Call number: LP FIC GREPatterson, James
Summary: Two bullied underdogs finally win the day when their troubles inspire a hit TV show"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2017
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2 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC PATCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC PATWest, Kasie
Summary: Lacey Barnes has dreamt of being in a movie for as long as she can remember. However, while her dream did include working alongside the hottest actor in Hollywood, it didn't involve having to finish up her senior year of high school at the same time she was getting her big break. Although that is nothing compared to Donavan, the straight-laced student her father hires to tutor her, who is a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperTeen 2019
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: Y FICTION WESMartins, Gabriela
Summary: Natalie is living her dream: topping the charts and setting records as a Brazilian pop star...until she's dumped spectacularly on live television. Not only is it humiliating--it could end her career. Her PR team's desperate plan? A gorgeous yet oh-so-fake boyfriend. Nati reluctantly agrees, but William is not what she expected. She was hoping for a fierce bad boy--not a soft-hearted British...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Underlined 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC MARPatterson, James
Summary: As the Planet's Funniest Kid Comic finals near, Jamie faces a whirlwind of attention at school and in the media and the fame starts to go to his head, but in Hollywood with Uncle Frankie, some of his fellow comedians quickly show him what competition and pressure are all about.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2015
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3 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC PATColfer, Chris
Summary: Cash Carter, the young, world-famous lead actor of the hit television show Wiz Kids, is a favorite of the tabloids and paparazzi, who take notice of his every move. When four fans jokingly invite him on a cross-country road trip, they are shocked when he actually accepts their invitation. Getting a taste of the spotlight, this unlikely crew takes off on a journey of narrow escapes from...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2017
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC COLWilliams, Maiya.
Summary: Moving to Hollywood with his academic parents, eleven-year-old Mitch feels like an outsider in his school where everyone has connections to the powerful and famous in the entertainment industry, until he is cast in a soda commercial that launches a popular catchphrase.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Amulet Books 2010
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC WILMorrow, Bethany C.
Summary: "Teen influencer Naema Bradshaw has it all: she's famous, stylish, gorgeous--and she's an Eloko, a charismatic person gifted with a melody that people adore. Everyone loves her--until she's cast as the villain who exposed a Siren to the whole world. Dragged by the media, and canceled by her fans, she feels that no one understands her side: not her boyfriend, not her friends, not even her fellow...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Audiobooks, Call number: YA PA FIC MORHeide, Florence Parry
Summary: Gideon is a little boy who wants to be a hero and get his picture in the paper--but first he has to figure out just what a hero is.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books 2016
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE HEICampbell, Chelsea M.
Summary: Bigfoot is the only one in his family who does not like having the spotlight on him, and finds a friend in Nessie who is equally desperate to get away from all the cameras.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 CAMMcDonald, Megan.
Summary: Feisty Judy Moody has a different emotion for every occasion. She wants to be famous after seeing her classmate Jessica Finch in the newspaper for winning the spelling bee. It seems like everyone has some claim to fame except Judy! But after several hilarious attempts at stardom, such as entering her toast-making cat in a pet contest, she is finally content with the satisfaction of helping...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2002
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD MCDMcDonald, Megan.
Summary: When a third grade classmate gets her picture in the paper for winning a spelling bee, Judy is determined to find a way to become famous herself.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2010
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED MCDCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC MCDGreen, Hank
Summary: In his much-anticipated debut novel, Hank Green--cocreator of Crash Course, Vlogbrothers, and SciShow--spins a sweeping, cinematic tale about a young woman who becomes an overnight celebrity before realizing she's part of something bigger, and stranger, than anyone could have possibly imagined. The Carls just appeared. Coming home from work at three a.m., twenty-three-year-old April May...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Books on Tape 2018
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC GREMiranda, Megan
Summary: "When Arden Maynor was a child, she was swept away while sleepwalking during a rainstorm. Against all odds, she was found days later, alive. The miraculous girl from Widow Hills inspired fans--but also creeps and stalkers. As soon as she was old enough, Arden changed her name to Olivia. But as the twentieth anniversary of Arden's rescue approaches, interest in her renews. Soon Olivia feels like...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wheeler Publishing, a part of Gale, Cengage Company 2020
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC MIRBiren, Sara L.
Summary: Holland Delviss, the only girl on the boys' high school hockey team, is forced to confront gender role expectations and her self-doubts when she is selected to be featured during HockeyFest and finds herself falling for her bossy team co-captain.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Amulet Books 2019
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC BIRMcLeod, Cinders
Summary: "In this introduction to the concept of earning money, an exuberant bunny learns that fame and fortune must be earned"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Nancy Paulsen Books 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE MCLSpiner, Brent
Summary: "Brent Spiner's explosive and hilarious novel is a personal look at the slightly askew relationship between a celebrity and his fans. If the Coen Brothers were to make a Star Trek movie, involving the complexity of fan obsession and sci-fi, this noir comedy might just be the one. Set in 1991, just as Star Trek: The Next Generation has rocketed the cast to global fame, the young and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SPIBacon, Lee.
Summary: Joshua Dread accepts an invitation to Gyfted & Talented, a summer program for children with superpowers, but he and his friends have been chosen to form the greatest superhero team of all time, and their newfound fame could mean big trouble with Joshua'ssupervillain parents.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Delacorte Press, an imprint of Random House Children's Books, a division of Random House, Inc. 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J Fiction Bacon 2013Johnston, E. K.
Summary: In an alternate world where industrialization has caused many species of carbon-eating dragons to thrive, Owen, a slayer being trained by his famous father and aunt, and Siobahn, his bard, face a dragon infestation near their small town in Canada.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Carolrhoda Lab 2014