fame

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fame

Being there

1999
Chauncey "Chance" Gardiner emerges from nowhere to become a much-quoted media darling, but no one can seem to figure out why.

Crazy diamond

2008
Chronicles the meteoric rise and fall of a young pop music star in Germany, as well as the relationships she builds and destroys along the way.

The Fizzy Whiz Kid

2010
Moving to Hollywood with his academic parents, eleven-year-old Mitch feels like an outsider in his school where everyone has connections to the powerful and famous in the entertainment industry, until he is cast in a soda commercial that launches a popular catchphrase.

Hiding out at the Pancake Palace

2013
"When musical prodigy, Elvis Ruby, completely freezes up on television, he is forced to hide out in the Pinelands of New Jersey and try to find his way back to the music once again with the help of a new friend"--Provided by publisher.

How not to run for president

2012
When Aidan, an ordinary Ohio twelve-year-old, saves a presidential candidate from injury during a campaign appearance and his heroic deed is broadcast everywhere, he and his family discover the seamy side of being in the media spotlight.

The girl who became a Beatle

2011
Regina Bloomsbury makes a wish to be as famous as her idols, the Beatles, and awakens one morning to find that her band, the Caverns, has replaced the legendary British band in the pages of history, which makes Regina a celebrated rock star, but the price of fame wanes on her and Regina must decide whether to reset the record.

Claim to fame

2009
Sixteen-year-old Lindsay, a former child star whose career ended when she developed the ability to hear what anyone, anywhere says about her and apparently suffered a nervous breakdown, comes to see this as an asset when, after her father's death, she learns that she is not alone.

The top 10 ways to ruin the first day of 5th grade

2004
Follows the humorous attempts of fifth grader Anthony "TB" Madison to become a guest on his favorite television show, "The Late Show with David Letterman.".

Buster Baxter, cat saver

2000
When Buster rescues a cat stuck in a tree he is treated like a hero, but when he begins to enjoy his celebrity a little too much, his friends devise a plan to bring him back to his old self.

I never wanted to be famous

1986
After thirteen-year-old Goody becomes a hero in his small town for saving a choking infant, he must cope with the pressures of fame and the schemes of his ambitious mother.

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