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Author
Language
English
Description
Building a huge following for her magazine column, Kait, a woman who prefers to focus on her career after two failed marriages, teams up with producer Zack to launch a television series with a colorful cast and crew, each marked by private eccentricities, heartaches and secrets.
2) Chomp
Author
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
When the difficult star of the reality television show "Expedition Survival" disappears while filming an episode in the Florida Everglades using animals from the wildlife refuge run by Wahoo Crane's family, Wahoo and classmate Tuna Gordon set out to find him while avoiding Tuna's gun-happy father.
Author
Series
My weirder school volume 5
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"A. J. and his teachers are in for a wacky time when a hot new reality show starts filming at Ella Mentry School"--
Author
Series
Alien superstar volume 1
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
"No one is shocked by the six-eyed alien strolling around the Universal back lot. The tourists just think he's part of the show. It doesn't take long for Buddy to land a role on a popular TV show, playing (of course) an alien. He becomes an overnight heartthrob and is suddenly faced with legions of adoring fans, rides in glamorous limos, and appearances at "all-the-shrimp-you-can-eat" red carpet parties. But can Buddy maintain his secret identity...
5) Ship it
Author
Publisher
Freeform Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Told from two viewpoints, Forest, a television actor who needs more fans, and Claire, a teen fan fiction blogger, are teamed to raise his profile despite their disagreement over whether his character is gay.
Author
Series
Next Best Junior Chef volume 2
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
The second week of Next Best Junior Chef features family and traditions, as Caroline, Oliver, and Rae, ages eleven to twelve, face more challenges and another elimination.
7) Dog Squad
Author
Series
Dog Squad volume 1
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
"Fred, a scrappy and lovable dog, gets cast as a stand-in for the lead role in Dog Squad, a show about crime-fighting dogs, and he soon finds out the action doesn't always stop on screen"--
Author
Series
Next Best Junior Chef volume 1
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Follows Tate, Rae, Caroline, and Oliver, ages nine to eleven, both on and off-camera as they compete in a televised cooking competition. Includes cooking tips.
9) Cat crew
Author
Series
Dog Squad volume 2
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
"Fred, a stray dog who became the star of the show Dog Squad, is working on a new show called Cat Crew-but when he notices the felines acting strange, he wonders if the cat crew is being electronically controlled"--
Author
Language
English
Description
L.A. is no place for widows. This is what Hannah Bernal quickly discovers after the tragic death of her loving husband, John. Misery and red-rimmed eyes are little tolerated in the land of the beautiful. But life stumbles on: Hannah{u2019}s sweet three-year-old daughter, Ellie, needs to be dropped off at her overpriced preschool, while Hannah herself must get back to work in order to pay the bills on "Casa Sugar," the charming Spanish-styled bungalow...
Author
Publisher
Crown Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"While in a haunted Colorado hotel for her father's ghost-hunting television series, Karma Moon must battle her anxiety, interpret the signs of the universe, and get footage of a real ghost--you know, the usual"--
Author
Series
Dog's day volume 4
Publisher
Albert Whitman & Company
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Bella the Jack Russell terrier loves being in the spotlight, and is very good at acting, but her dog brother, Chewy the German shepherd, always seems to get the big roles. Includes information about the breed and the role of the working dog.
Author
Series
Alien superstar volume 3
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
After facing off against Citizen Cruel and becoming a fan favorite on his Hollywood sitcom, Buddy Buger has to hide from the Supreme Leader of his home planet and maintain his secret alien identity.
Author
Language
English
Description
"Beauchamp Hall is a spellbinding new novel from Danielle Steel, whose countless #1 New York Times bestsellers have made her one of America's favorite storytellers"--
Winona Farmington once dreamed of graduating from college, moving to New York City, and pursuing a career in publishing. Then real life got in the way when she left college and returned to her small Michigan hometown to care for her sick mother. Years later, stuck in a dead-end job...
Author
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"This book revisits and celebrates the cultural legacy of the cult television series Northern Exposure. With a focus on its production history, fan culture, and individual episodes, it reveals the show's profound influence and argues its status as the prototype contemporary television series"--
17) Acting the part
Author
Publisher
Harperteen, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Queer actor Lily Ashton has found fame playing lesbian warrior Morgantha on the hit TV show Galaxy Spark. Lily knows how little representation queer girls have, so when the showrunners reveal that Morgantha's on-screen love interest, Alietta, is going to be killed off, Lily orchestrates an elaborate fake-dating scheme with the standoffish actress who plays her, to generate press and ensure a happy ending for the #Morganetta ship. But while playing...
18) Forever fudge!
Author
Series
Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
It's Labor Day weekend, the official end of tourist season, and the beginning of a whole batch of trouble. First, the island is invaded by a TV crew filming a murder mystery pilot, and handsome Hollywood heartthrob Dirk Benjamin needs Allie's help to prep for his role as local cop Rex Manning. Then, Allie's bichonpoo Mal sniffs out a real murder in the alley behind the Historic McMurphy Hotel and Fudge Shop, a man shot in the head--with a note challenging...
Author
Language
English
Description
"Willis Wu doesn't perceive himself as a protagonist even in his own life: He's merely Generic Asian man. Sometimes he gets to be Background Oriental Making a Weird Face or even Disgraced Son, but he is always relegated to a prop. Yet every day he leaves his tiny room in a Chinatown SRO and enters the Golden Palace restaurant, where Black and White, a procedural cop show, is in perpetual production. He's a bit player here, too, but he dreams of being...
Author
Publisher
Balzer & Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
When she's not hanging out with her two best friends, Matt and Ches, Faith Herbert is volunteering at the local animal shelter or obsessing over the long-running teen drama The Grove. So far, her senior year has been spent trying to sort out her feelings for her maybe-crush Johnny and making plans to stay close to Grandma Lou after graduation. And there's the small matter of recently discovering she can fly. Then the fictional world of The Grove relocates...
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