Green, 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 GRESummary: Female rapper Patti Cake$ takes advantage of every opportunity in her New Jersey hometown as she chases her dreams of music stardom.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment 2017
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF PATGreen, 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...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Books on Tape 2018
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC GREPriemaza, Anna
Summary: Lainey's brother, aka YouTube superstar Codemeister, is funny and charming online, but behind closed doors Cody is a sexist jerk. SamTheBrave came to this year's con with one mission: meeting Codemeister-- and creating the big break he needs. ShadowWillow is already a successful streamer; when her fans start shipping her with Code, Shadow concocts a plan to turn the rumors to her advantage....
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2019
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC PRIWest, 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 WESContents: Disc 1. R.O.C.K. in the U.S.A. (John Mellencamp) -- Be my baby (Melissa Etheridge) -- Love child (Melissa Etheridge) -- Leader of the pack (Melissa Etheridge) -- Tired of being alone (Al Green) -- A change is gonna come (Al Green) -- My city was gone (The Pretenders) -- Folsom Prison blues (Johnny Cash) -- I can't turn you loose (Aretha Franklin) -- It's a man's man's man's world (James Brown)...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia 1996
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK CONSummary: After Strawberry and her friends meet superstar Cherry Jam, they learn that fame and fortune will never replace good friends.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment 2012
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV STRMcDonald, 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...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2002
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD MCDKing, A. S. (Amy Sarig)
Summary: "An emotionally damaged seventeen-year-old boy in Pennsylvania who was once an infamous reality television show star, meets a girl from another dysfunctional family, and she helps him out of his angry shell"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC KINNakamura, Yoshiki
Summary: Kyoko Mogami followed her true love Sho to Tokyo to support him while he made it big as an idol. But he's casting her out now that he's famous! Kyoko won't suffer in silence--she's going to get her sweet revenge by beating Sho in show biz! The President of LME has called Kyoko in for a special meeting, and she is all set for Judgment Day. Especially when Ren shows up too! But to her complete...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viz Media, LLC 2014
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA 741.5 SKIStohl, Margaret
Summary: "A famous-for-being-famous LA family stars on their own reality show, but the sixteen-year-old daughter wants out"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Freeform 2017
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC STOSummary: A PBS miniseries in which a black jazz band becomes a huge success and ends up entangled in the aristocratic world of 1930s London as they seek fame and fortune.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV DANSummary: As a band singer is discovered and guided to heights of show-business success by an alcoholic ex-matinee idol, she performs one superb song after another in a production that exhilarates with its craft and style even as its story moves toward a heartbreaking finale.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2010
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Star 2010Colfer, 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 Collection, Call number: YA FIC COLGownley, 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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2 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 GOWMcDonald, 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 Juvenile, Call number: J FIC McDonCopies Available at Kingsley
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED MCDNakamura, Yoshiki.
Summary: "Kyoko Mogami followed her true love Sho to Tokyo to support him while he made it big as an idol. But he's casting her out now that he's famous enough. Kyoko won't suffer in silence--she's going to get her sweet revenge by beating Sho in show biz. Kyoko's dreams are finally coming true. She's landed a spot in Sho's new video, and revenge is in sight. But vengeance isn't as easy as she thought,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: VIZ Media 2012
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA 741.5 SKIPalmer, Lindsey J.
Summary: "Life is sweet for New Yorkers Molly and Gabe: They're young, in love, and newly engaged. But when Gabe sells his first novel--a thinly-veiled retelling of his wild love affair with ex-girlfriend Talia--and it becomes a national sensation, Molly can't help but feel like the third wheel. To make matters worse, Talia reappears in Gabe's life, eager to capitalize on the book's success and to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Skyhorse Publishing 2019
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC PALParsons, Ash
Summary: At fifteen, Joshua Blackbird becomes an international singing star but, as his hometown girlfriend relates, after more than a year, the pressures and dangers of fame take a toll and "Shu" disappears.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Philomel Books 2018
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC PARPatterson, 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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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC PATPatterson, 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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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC PATCopies Available at Kingsley
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC PATWilliams, 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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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: Dutton 2018
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GREHeide, 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