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21) Zeroboxer
Author
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 14
Description
"As seventeen-year-old Carr 'the Raptor' Luka rises to fame in the weightless combat sport of zeroboxing, he learns a devastating secret that jeopardizes not only his future in the sport, but interplanetary relations"--
22) The fan
Series
Description
An obsessed young fan has been writing to Sally, a famous actress, but Sally's secretary discards the letters. When the fan sees he is being ignored, he moves to eliminate those standing between himself and his idol.
23) Blockade Billy
Author
Pub. Date
[2010]
Description
"Even the most die-hard baseball fans don't know the true story of William "Blockade Billy" Blakely. He may have been the greatest player the game has ever seen, but today no one remembers his name. He was the first--and only--player to have his existence completely removed from the record books. Even his team is long forgotten, barely a footnote in the game's history. Every effort was made to erase any evidence that William Blakely played professional...
24) The lioness
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Formats
Description
"A luxurious African safari turns deadly for a Hollywood starlet and her entourage in this riveting historical thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of The Flight Attendant"--
anzania, 1964. When Katie Barstow, A-list actress, and her new husband, David Hill, decide to bring their Hollywood friends to the Serengeti for their honeymoon, they envision giraffes gently eating leaves from the tall acacia trees, great swarms of wildebeests...
Author
Series
Dragon slayer of Trondheim volume 1
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 13
Description
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.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 13
Formats
Description
Divya Sharma is a queen. Or she is when she's playing Reclaim the Sun, the year's hottest online game. Divya--better known as popular streaming gamer D1V--regularly leads her #AngstArmada on quests through the game's vast and gorgeous virtual universe. But for Divya, this is more than just a game. Out in the real world, she's trading her rising-star status for sponsorships to help her struggling single mom pay the rent. Gaming is basically Aaron Jericho's...
27) Stan & Ollie
Pub. Date
[2019]
Description
One of the world's great comedy teams set out on a variety hall tour of Britain in 1953. Diminished by age and with their golden era as the kings of Hollywood comedy now behind them, they face an uncertain future. As the charm and beauty of their performances shine through, they re-connect with their adoring fans. The tour becomes a hit, but Stan and Ollie can't quite shake the specter of Laurel and Hardy's past.
28) Sinner
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 12
Formats
Description
"Sinner" follows Cole St. Clair, a pivotal character from "Shiver Trilogy." Cole St. Clair has come to California for one reason: to get back Isabel Culpeper. Cole and Isabel share a past that never seemed to have a future. They have the power to love each other and the power to tear each other apart. The only thing for certain is that they cannot let go.--Inside flap of dust jacket.
Author
Pub. Date
2007
Description
A failed old writer is visited by a pretty young student who wants to make him the subject of her thesis. The woman's adulation--she tells him his books changed her life--goes to the writer's head and he falls in love. Observing this with a jaundiced eye is his daughter, herself a struggling writer.
30) Stella rising
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 2
Description
"In this high-interest novel for teen readers, 16-year-old Stella is suddenly famous after her music video goes viral."--
Author
Appears on list
Description
"From the celebrated author of book club favorite The Violin Conspiracy: A gripping page-turner about a professor who uncovers a shocking secret about the most famous American composer of all time--that his music was stolen from a young Black composer named Josephine Reed. Determined to uncover the truth and right history's wrongs, Bern Hendricks will stop at nothing to finally give Josephine the recognition she deserves. Bern Hendricks has just received...
Author
Pub. Date
c2016
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Samson is the star of Fleabag's Circus-this strong-flea can lift a match, he can lift a pea, he can lift lovely flea Amelie. But it's not enough-Samson wants to be the biggest star anywhere, so he sets off into the big, wide world.
35) Audrey, Wait!
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 12
Description
While trying to score a date with her cute co-worker at the Scooper Dooper, sixteen-year-old Audrey gains unwanted fame and celebrity status when her ex-boyfriend, a rock musician, records a breakup song about her that soars to the top of the Billboard charts.
Author
Pub. Date
[2019]
Description
Jimmy Sullivan has been living on the road with his brother, Jack, and his band The Unknown Souls. Without a place to call home, Jimmy and Jack lead a nomadic life filled with music and anonymous cities. When they return to a place Jimmy never wants to see again--their old hometown of Seaboro, South Carolina--he falls in love with Charlotte Carrington.
With his soul now filled with hope, Jimmy writes his first love song. When he performs it at a...
Author
Pub. Date
[2009]
Description
At the Cannes Film Festival, a successful, driven entrepreneur goes to the darkest lengths to reclaim a lost love. Captured in all their crassness are producers, actors, aspiring starlets, supermodels, and notorious fashionistas, whose lives and actions hold sway over millions.
38) Driftwood
Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Description
Fame is rare in Driftwood--it's hard to get famous if you don't stick around long enough for people to know you. But many know the guide, Last, a one-blooded survivor who has seen his world end many lifetimes ago. For Driftwood is a strange place of slow apocalypses, where continents eventually crumble into mere neighborhoods, pulled inexorably towards the center in the Crush. Cultures clash, countries fall, and everything eventually disintegrates....
39) Skip beat!: 1
Author
Series
Skip beat! volume 1
Pub. Date
2006
Description
Kyoko followed her true love, Sho, to Tokyo and supported him while he made it big as an idol. Now, he says she means nothing to him, so Kyoko sets out to become even bigger than Sho, but finds that her bitter heart may be her undoing.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 12
Formats
Description
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 photographers, not-so-glamorous mishaps, and surprise turns. But...