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July 6, 2007
SEQUELS
I usually only read the first of many series, but the two books reviewed here were kind of special. Jen Calonita is a local writer and I must admit I wondered what happened to STARGIRL. Just to let you know LOVE, STARGIRL will not be published until August, so it is not available at this writing.
Kaitlin Burke is back in SECRETS OF MY HOLLYWOOD LIFE:ON LOCATION by Jen Caloita. In the first book readers experienced how a Hollywood teen star tried to attend public high school.
Now Kaitlin is on vacation from school and her popular TV show, but vacation means making a movie with her all-time favorite director. It also means juggling --
Austin, her current boyfriend who is not in show business and she adores;
Drew, her exboyfriend who is her co-star and love interest in the movie and wants Kaitlin back;
Sky, her co-star from her hit TV series and currently her nemesis in the movie, who is jealous of Kaitlin's success and will do anything to destroy Kaitlyn;
Liz, her best friend, needs a job, because her Dad said so, but wants to hang out with Kaitlyn;
And all the adults in her life, Mom, Dad, her publicist, her assistant, the Director, and the studio publicist, who want to control Kaitlyn's life.
Chaos can and will happen, and you, the reader, will laugh and cry with Kaitlyn through the entire movie experience. Kaitlyn also give readers insight into the Hollywood movie making experience with 19 Hollywood secrets.
IF YOU ARE FAN OF KAITLYN,YOU WILL LOVE THIS BOOK. FOR ANY GIRL IN GRADE 7 AND UP TRY IT, YOU'LL LIKE IT.
In 2000 Jerry Spinelli wrote STARGIRL. It was Leo's story about the most unusual student ever to attend Mica High School. He loved her, but did not understand her, so he lost her. At the end of STARGIRL Leo wonders what happened to her.
It is a year later and Stargirl begins a letter to Leo. This is her story, LOVE STARGIRL.
She tells him where she is, Pennsylvania, and how much she still cares about him and wonders does he still care about her. Along the way she describes how she is home schooled and all the interesting people in her small town. There is Dootsie, 5 years old and a human bean (I think she is the next generation Stargirl.), Old Charlie who sits in the cemetery, Alvina who sweeps up at the donut shop, and Perry, the boy who just might steal Stargirl's heart from Leo.
She studies time as she explore her new surroundings and learns of people in this new town. She also goes through the healing process of loss (Leo) and hopefully will come out whole once again.
At first I was disappointed in the story, but I continued on. I am glad I did, because Stargirl voice was a beautiful song to listen to.
I RECOMMEND IT FOR ANYONE, AGE 12 AND UP, INTERESTED IN WHAT HAPPENED TO STARGIRL. IF YOU HAVE NOT READ THE FIRST BOOK, DO READ IT FIRST. IT WILL HELP YOU UNDERSTAND HER PAIN.
Mrs. Jackson
Head of Young Adult Services
Posted by fjacksonem at July 6, 2007 3:21 PM
Comments
I wonder if Love Stargirl will be as good as the original. i DO know however, that I can't WAIT 2 start reading, The Secrets of My Hollywood Life: On Location. I LOVED the first 1, and i hope not 2 be disappointed in the second. thank-u , I'm a big Kaitlin fan.
(sorta :P)
~Jo-Jo
Posted by: whydoukare? at January 3, 2008 10:45 PM