Theme: fame

Face Value

By Book Importer | Published: February 22, 2010

Two lifetimes. Two rising stars. One common danger. As a daughter starts her rise in the glamorous London fashion scene, she begins to uncover secrets and clues about the mother she never knew — a beautiful teenage model who became a victim in the high stakes, high pressure world where international fashionistas and mobsters intersect. [...]

Descriptors: England (UK), Realistic Fiction, Young Adult (ages 14-18) » Other Themes: , , , , » Leave a comment

Lang Lang: Playing with Flying Keys

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

HE STARTED LEARNING to play the piano when he was three years old in Shenyang, China. Today he is one of the world’s most outstanding pianists. In this engrossing life story, adapted by Michael French, Lang Lang not only recounts the difficult, often thrilling, events of his early days, but also shares his perspective on [...]

Descriptors: Biography, China, Intermediate (ages 9-14) » Other Themes: , , , , » Leave a comment

Fartiste

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

Across the world there are many an artist – But none so outrageous as Joe, the Fartiste.The Fartiste doesn’t sing, he doesn’t dance, and he doesn’t act. But that doesn’t stop him from taking the stage at Paris’s famed Moulin Rouge, where he performs his much-loved act for celebrities and royalty with the funniest talent [...]

Descriptors: Biography, Early Years (ages 2-6), France, Picture Book » Other Themes: , , » Leave a comment

Crazy Diamond

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

That’s Mira M. And this is the story of her unforgettable life — as a kid alone in a junkyard tire swing, to her escape from Croatia at age nine in a Marshall amp road case in the rear of her uncle Lou’s van. A musician, he hands her the key to her future: a [...]

Descriptors: Germany, Realistic Fiction, Spain, Young Adult (ages 14-18) » Other Themes: , , , , , , , , » Leave a comment