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Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Company
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
"For the past few years, Jake Halpern has reported on fame for NPR. This book chronicles his journey through the underbelly of Hollywood and launches a broad investigation of America's fascination with the lives of celebrities. Why are sales of magazines like US Weekly skyrocketing while news magazines are down? Why do seemingly normal, educated people pay attention to whom Paris Hilton is currently dating? Halpern visits those most stricken with...
24) Fangirl
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 15
Lexile measure
HL 570L
Language
English
Description
Cath is a Simon Snow fan. Okay, the whole world is a Simon Snow fan, but for Cath, being a fan is her life--and she's really good at it. She and her twin sister, Wren, immersed themselves in the series when they were kids; it's what got them through their mother leaving. Her sister has grown away from fandom, but Cath can't let go. Now that they're going to college, Wren has told her she doesn't want to be roommates. Cath is on her own, completely...
25) Idol, burning
Author
Publisher
HarperVia
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Akari is a high school junior obsessed with "oshi" Masaki Ueno, a member of the popular J-Pop group Maza Maza. She writes a blog devoted to him, and spends hours addictively scrolling for information about him and his life. Desperate to analyze and understand him, Akari hopes to eventually see the world through his eyes. It is a devotion that borders on the religious: Masaki is her savior, her backbone, someone she believes she cannot survive without-even...
26) Geekerella
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 13
Lexile measure
HL 660L
Language
English
Description
In this adaptation of the Cinderella story, Elle, a lifelong fan of the science fiction television series Starfield, hopes to enter a cosplay contest and win a meeting with Darien Freeman--a teen soap actor starring in the movie reboot of Starfield--unless her selfish stepsisters manage to thwart her plans.
Author
Language
English
Description
In 1974 Wales, thirteen-year-old Petra and her best friend Sharon are madly in love with David Cassidy and enter a contest whose winners will be flown to America to meet him. In 1998 London, Petra is on the brink of a divorce. While cleaning out her mother's closet, she finds the letter her mother intercepted declaring her the winner of the Cassidy contest. After 24 years, the girls head to Las Vegas to meet their teen idol.
28) Obsession
Author
Series
Teddy Fay novel volume 6
Language
English
Description
While filming on location in scenic Santa Barbara, California, Peter Barrington and Ben Bacchetti look to expand Centurion Studios's business by making a deal with a young Croatian billionaire. But when the magnate's wife is kidnapped, Teddy Fay is brought in to assess the threat and recover the young woman. As Teddy unravels the threads of her disappearance, he quickly comes to find that darker forces are at play and an old vendetta has been revived...
Author
Publisher
Arthur A. Levine Books, an imprint of Scholastic, Inc
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
550L
Language
English
Description
Freddy Melcher is obsessed with Santa Claus: he has posters, clothes, underwear, action figures, everything but a photograph of the real Santa--and though it will take planning, trip wires, and staying awake late, this year he is determined to get the ultimate selfie.
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"In this unflinching, deeply personal book that expands on her instantly viral Paris Review essay, "What Do We Do With the Art of Monstrous Men?" Claire Dederer asks: Can we love the work of Hemingway, Polanski, Naipaul, Miles Davis, or Picasso? Should we love it? Does genius deserve special dispensation? Is male monstrosity the same as female monstrosity? Does art have a mandate to depict the darker elements of the psyche? And what happens if the...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"Conrad Stewart and Alden Parks are enemies, and that's the way it's always been. But when they're stuck together on a cross-country road trip to the biggest fan convention of their lives, the competition takes a backseat as unexpected feelings blossom. Yet each boy has a reason why they have to win the upcoming con tournament and neither is willing to let emotion get in the way--even if it means giving up their one chance at something truly magical."--...
Author
Publisher
Point, an imprint of Scholastic Press Inc
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 10
Lexile measure
HL 750L
Language
English
Description
Four fan-girls of The Ruperts, sneak away to a hotel in Manhattan to see their favorite boy band, but when one of them literally drags Rupert Pierpont to their room and they tie him up, things get complicated--and when Rupert is killed things go from bad to worse.
33) People like her
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
A successful media influencer's morally questionable relationship with the truth exposes deep psychological cracks in her marriage at the same time her family is targeted by a violently obsessed fan.
To her adoring fans, Emmy Jackson, aka @the_mamabare, is the honest "Instamum" who always tells it like it is. To her skeptical husband, a washed-up novelist who knows just how creative Emmy can be with the truth, she is a breadwinning powerhouse chillingly...
Author
Publisher
TeacherPerigee
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Fangirling is more than a hobby; it's a way of life for an enormous community. As a fangirl, you are a passionate, intelligent, and creative creature. But sometimes focusing on the fictional can keep you from putting those qualities to use in your everyday life. Rather than using your pop culture obsessions to avoid your real-life problems, you can tackle issues like stress, anxiety, and low self-esteem by turning obsession into inspiration. If you...
36) Dream sequence
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Henry became famous starring in The Grange, a television drama beloved by mothers and wives, and whose fans speak about the characters as though they were real people... yet Henry dreams of escaping the small screen. An audition for a movie directed by a highly respected Spanish auteur holds the promise of a way forward. Whether holed up in his apartment eating monkish meals of rice and steamed vegetables or snorting cocaine at desert parties in Doha,...
Author
Publisher
Viz Media, LLC
Pub. Date
2020-
Language
English
Description
Cath is a Simon Snow fan. Okay, everybody is a Simon Snow fan, but for Cath, being a fan is her life. Cath's sister has mostly grown away from fandom, but Cath just can't let go. Now that they're in college, Cath must decide if she's ready to start living her own life. But does she even want to if it means leaving Simon Snow behind? Cath doesn't need friends IRL. She has her twin sister, Wren, and she's a popular fanfic writer in the Simon Snow community...
38) Fangirl
Author
Publisher
Alfaguara
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
Español
Description
When twin sisters Cath and Wren go to college, Cath fears that it may be time to give up her love of the Simon Snow series, and possibly grow apart from her sister.
Author
Series
Publisher
ReferencePoint Press, Inc
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Many anime fans watch thousands of hours of shows, attend conventions and clubs, and visit famous anime sights. Most anime fans also share a great love of manga, graphic novels, and comics produced in Japan that are often the basis for anime. Around the world, anime and manga fans often become involved in anime and manga related activities, both online and in person, to connect with others and build upon their manga and anime interest. The love of...
Author
Publisher
Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
In this debut novel we follow actress Valerie Torrey - who took her son Alex and fled Los Angeles, leaving her husband after a spectacular tragedy blew their small family apart. Six years later, Val must reunite 9-year-old Alex with his estranged father, so they set out on a road trip from New York. For Alex, this world is a magical place where fiction becomes reality, but as they get closer to their destination, he begins to realize that the story...