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2) L.A. Candy
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 10
Formats
Description
When nineteen-year-old Jane Roberts is cast in a new reality show, she discovers that the fame and fortune of her new life come at a high price to herself and her friendships.
4) XOXO
Author
Pub. Date
c2021.
Description
Cello prodigy Jenny's goal is to get into a prestigious music conservatory. When she meets Jaewoo in her uncle's Los Angeles karaoke bar, it's clear he is the kind of boy who would uproot her careful plans. In a moment of spontaneity she allows him to pull her out of her comfort zone for one unforgettable night of adventure-- before he disappears without a word. Three months later, when Jenny and her mother arrive in South Korea to take care of her...
5) Almost home
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 11
Description
Seven teens who live on the streets of Los Angeles and who each have their own hard-luck story, form their own dysfunctional family, complete with love and belonging, abuse and betrayal.
6) Beige
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 7
Formats
Description
Katy, a quiet French Canadian teenager, reluctantly leaves Montréal to spend time with her estranged father, an aging Los Angeles punk rock legend. Dad's an aging L.A. punk rocker known as the Rat. Daughter's a buttoned-up neat freak who'd rather be anywhere else. Can this summer be saved? Now that she's exiled from Canada to sunny Los Angeles, Katy figures she'll bury her nose in a book and ignore the fact that she's spending two weeks with her...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 11
Description
Sixteen-year old Jessie, still grieving over her mother's death, must move from Chicago to "The Valley," with a new stepfamily but no new friends until an anonymous fellow student emails and offers to help her navigate the school's treacherous social waters.
10) Infamous
Author
Series
Fame game novels volume 3
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 9
Description
Madison Parker and her castmates Kate Hayes and Carmen Curtis are on the verge of becoming stars, but behind-the-scence drama, makes them realize dreams come at a price.
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 3
Formats
Description
Nine-year-old Betita and her parents fled Mexico after her uncle was killed by the cartels, and settled in Los Angeles seeking political asylum and safety in what her father calls Aztlan, the land of the cranes; but now they have been swept up by by the government's Immigration Customs Enforcement, her father deported back to Mexico, and Betita and her mother confined in a family detention camp--Betita finds heart in her imagination and the picture...
12) Finally seen
Author
Series
Finally seen volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 9
Formats
Description
"When ten-year-old Lina Gao steps off the plane in Los Angeles, it's her first time in America and the first time seeing her parents and her little sister in five years! She's been waiting for this moment every day while she lived with her grandmother in Beijing, getting teased by kids at school who called her 'left behind girl.' Finally, her parents are ready for her to join their fabulous life in America! Except, it's not exactly like in the postcards:...
13) Weetzie Bat
Author
Series
Weetzie Bat volume 1
Pub. Date
[1989]
Description
Follows the wild adventures of Weetzie Bat and her Los Angeles friends, Dirk, Duck, and My-Secret-Agent-Lover-Man.
Author
Series
L.A. Candy novels volume 3
Pub. Date
[2010]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 9
Description
Reality television star Jane Roberts never imagined how celebrity would change her life, and now she must decide if the fame and glamour are worth the drama and deception.
16) Starstruck
Author
Series
Fame game novels volume 2
Pub. Date
c2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 10
Description
"Madison Parker has discovered that not all publicity is good publicity. After turning herself in for stealing some bling, the reality star is stuck doing community service while her Fame Game castmates soak up all the screen time. Not that newcomer Kate Hayes needs more attention-ever since her breakout song became an overnight sensation she's suddenly acting like she's Katy Perry. Aspiring actress Carmen Curtis is finally making a name for herself,...
Author
Series
Secrets of my Hollywood life volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 8
Description
Longing to experience the life of a "normal" teenager, sixteen-year-old actress Kaitlin Burke assumes a false identity to attend a local high school.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 4
Description
Twelve-year-old Derek Fallon has the opportunity of a lifetime--to perform stunts in a movie featuring a popular twelve-year-old star--but complications arise involving his best friend, a capuchin monkey, and Derek's chronic inability to concentrate on schoolwork.
20) At first bite
Author
Series
Poison apple books volume 8
Pub. Date
c2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 5
Description
Twelve-year-old vampire Ashlee Lambert moves from New York to sunny Los Angeles, where she must deal with vicious cliques, awful sunburns, and a mystery of disappearing classmates.