Fame, Fate, and the First Kiss
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Chapter Book · Ages 13–+ · 2019

Fame, Fate, and the First Kiss

Written by Kasie West

An actress faces sabotage on set and unexpected distractions. Can she save her career and follow her heart?

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Lacey Barnes lands her dream role in a major film, but the spotlight isn't as glamorous as she imagined. Struggling with co-stars and a mysterious saboteur, Lacey's only ally is her straight-laced tutor, Donavan Lake. As her acting mojo falters, she must unravel the mystery threatening her career. With her future on the line, can Lacey resist a budding crush and stay on script, or will she discover that the best stories happen when you go off script?

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Fan favorite author Kasie West delivers an effervescent story about chasing your dreams and following your heart, perfect for fans of Jenny Han and Huntley Fitzpatrick. Lacey Barnes has dreamed of being an actress for as long as she can remember. So when she gets the opportunity to star in a movie alongside one of Hollywood’s hottest actors, she doesn’t hesitate to accept the part.But Lacey quickly learns that life in the spotlight isn’t as picture perfect as she imagined. She’s having trouble bonding with her costars, her father has hired the definition of a choir boy, Donavan Lake, to tutor her, and somewhere along the way she’s lost her acting mojo. And just when it seems like things couldn’t get any worse, it looks like someone on set is deliberately trying to sabotage her. As Lacey’s world spins out of control, it feels like the only person she can count on–whether it’s helping her try to unravel the mystery of who is out to get her or snap her out of her acting funk–is Donavan. But what she doesn’t count on is this straight-laced boy becoming another distraction.With her entire future riding on this movie, Lacey knows she can’t afford to get sidetracked by a crush. But for the first time in her life Lacey wonders if it’s true that the best stories really do happen when you go off script.

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Format
Paperback
Pages
400
Reading age
13–99+
Audience
Young Adult
Lexile
~619L
Themes & topics
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Book details

Reading levels
ATOS
4
F&P level
~O
AR points
10
AR interest level
UG
AR quiz
501020
Publication
Published
December 10, 2019
First published
February 5, 2019
Publisher
HarperTeen
Edition
Language
English
Type
Chapter Book
Identifiers
ISBN
9780062851000

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