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1) Tribute
Author
Language
English
Description
Cilla, a former child star who has found more satisfying work as a restorer of old houses, has come to her grandmother's Shenandoah Valley farmhouse, tools at her side, to rescue it from ruin. In the attic, she finds a cache of unsigned letters suggesting that her grandmother was pregnant when she died and that the father was a local married man. When Cilla becomes the target of a series of intimidating acts and a frightening, violent assault, her...
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English
Appears on list
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"Reuniting 30 years after a tragic accident ended their show Mister Magic, the five surviving cast members, who hold the secret of their close circle, the mystery of the beloved magical host and what really happened on that deadly last day, soon wonder if they've been lured into a trap."--
3) At Freddie's
Author
Publisher
D.R. Godine
Pub. Date
1985.
Language
English
Description
A story about the formidable proprietress of "Freddie's, " the Temple Stage School, which provides child actors for London's West End theaters, a promising child actor and his rival, and a man with wicked plans to rescue Freddie's from insolvency.
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Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A raucous and wickedly smart satire of Hollywood, toxic fandom, and our chronically online culture, following a washed-up actor on his quest to revive the cult TV drama that catapulted him to teenage fame David Crader is a has-been. A former child actor from the hit 90s teen drama Rev Beach, he now rotates between his new roles as deadbeat dad, part-time alcoholic, and occasional videogame voice actor. But when David is summoned to Los Angeles by...
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"Suzanne Redfearn delivers another gripping page-turner in her latest novel, a story about a young mother's fight to protect her children from the dangerous world of Hollywood. Faye Martin never expected her husband to abandon her and her three children ... or that she'd have to struggle every day to make ends meet. So when her four-year-old daughter is discovered through a YouTube video and offered a starring role on a television series, it seems...
Author
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Former child star Hayley Aldridge fights the conservatorship that is governing every aspect of her life, leaving her at the mercy of her controlling parents, and uses social media to build support for her as a court date to review the status of the conservatorship approaches."--
Author
Publisher
Pegasus Books
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"An Australian cattle dog named Caity must loyally protect her friend, Delia, a beautiful and talented child actress, after she falls victim to a freak accident that wreaks havoc on the entire family, who depend on her for their upscale lifestyle." --
"Eleven year old actress Delia Cross's days are a blur of hard work on Ưset, auditions and tutors. Her family-- driven, pillƯ-popping stage mother Pat, wastrel dad Bart, and introverted twin brother...
11) In name only
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[1992]
Language
English
Description
A young girl who goes to California meets the man of her dreams and ends up getting everything she has ever wanted, at a price she cannot afford.
14) Second best
Author
Publisher
Gallic Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
'An exquisitely bittersweet comedy of life's missed opportunities' Jonathan Coe, author of BournvilleA magical imagining ofthe fate of a fictional boy whose life is shaped forever when he loses out on the role of Harry Potter.It's 1999. Martin Hill is ten years old, crazy about Arsenal and has a minor crush on a girl named Betty.Then he makes it to the final two in the casting for Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone.In the end, the other boy...
15) Carnivore diet
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
First-novelist Slavin depicts a chaotic future in which suburbanites are heavily addicted to soporifics and terrorized by a voracious, multi-eyed beast called a chagwa. At the center of the novel are the Dunleavys: 14-year-old Dylan has recently lost his TV role as a boy rodent because his voice changed, and his congressman father is serving time in jail for misconduct; meanwhile, the family's precarious financial situation has taken a toll on Dylan's...
16) Child star
Author
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
". . . a fictional documentary-style graphic novel about how growing up in the spotlight robs young actors of a true childhood. Child star Owen Eugene had it all: a hit sitcom on prime time, a Saturday morning cartoon, and a memoir on the bestseller list. The secret to his success was his talent for improvisation . . . and his small size. On screen he made the whole world laugh, but behind the scenes his life was falling apart. Hollywood ate him alive"--Provided...
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