CONFESSIONS-OF-A-TEENAGE-HOLLYWOOD-STAR

1. [Read free] Confessions of a Teenage Hollywood Star Confessions of a Teenage Hollywood Star Dyan Sheldon ePub | *DOC | audiobook | ebooks | Download PDF #7701010 in Books 2007-08-28 2007-08-28Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 7.50 x .56 x 4.63l, .46 #File Name: 0763634085208 pages | File size: 64.Mb Dyan Sheldon : Confessions of a Teenage Hollywood Star before purchasing it in order to gage whether or not it would be worth my time, and all praised Confessions of a Teenage Hollywood Star: 0 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Confessions of a Teenage Hollywood StarBy RunaI was stunned when I found out that Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen actually had a sequel, but the shock continued once I

2. kept reading. Hollywood Star had none of the same charm that Drama Queen had, and the plot was completely dull and repetitive. I honestly think the best part of the book was the chapter titles. The book was entirely too plot-driven, with no character development, and you know why? Because all of the character development was done in Drama Queen! Once you actually get your way through this book, the ending is rushed and hectic and the whole book just feels like a disappointment. Sheldon should have just stopped at Drama Queen, because I can call this nothing more than a pathetic flop.Rating: 1/5 "The star of CONFESSIONS OF A TEENAGE DRAMA QUEEN returns. . . .Few YA characters speak with such sharp, articulate humor aboutfeelings readers will recognize." BOOKLISTAfter years of angst, Lola is graduating from high school and finallygetting out of Dellwood "Deadwood," New Jersey. But destiny intervenes when Lola learns that a Hollywood movie is being filmed right in Dellwood. Is the Drama Queen ready to make the leap from the stage to the silver screen? I was looking forward to graduating from high school the way Robinson Crusoe looked forward to getting off his island. Talk about dreams come true. As soon as it was over I would vacate my childs seat in the worlds audience and my true life would finally begin! It was the moment Id been planning from my first day in kindergarten. And since my mother had dragged me from the bright lights of New York City to the twilight zone of Dellwood, New Jersey, I had even more reason to look forward to the momentous day when I set out to seek my fortune in the real world. Not only would I finally escape the hopelessly dull tedium of my family, but the hopelessly dull tedium of suburban life as well. (Shakespeares the only real connection I have with true passion since I moved here, but if you ask me even he wouldve been defeated by suburbia. Gone would be the stuff of true drama and he wouldve wound up with Richard III standing in the supermarket offering his kingdom for a shopping cart.) I had everything figured out. Following in the footsteps of so many great thespians before me, I would study acting somewhere that pulsated with energy and creativity a place whose spirit paid homage to the noble tradition from which it had sprung. Then I would wait tables (or possibly drive a cab) while I got whatever parts I could in serious plays performed in church halls and on the backs of trucks until I got my big break and made my (later to be legendary) Broadway debut. I couldnt wait. Just thinking about it made my blood bubble._______CONFESSIONS OF A HOLLYWOOD STAR by Dyan Sheldon. Copyright 2006 by Dyan Sheldon. Published by Candlewick Press, Inc., Cambridge, MA.About the AuthorDYAN SHELDON was born in Brooklyn, New York, and now lives in London. She is the author of many novels for teens, including CONFESSIONS OF A TEENAGE DRAMA QUEEN, MY PERFECT LIFE, SOPHIE PITT-TURNBULL DISCOVERS AMERICA, PLANET JANET, and PLANET JANET IN ORBIT. She says, "My writing for young adults comes from personal experience. I just make the characters younger. I thought I would outgrow these experiences but they keep happening."