Booktalking "Not in the Script" by Amy Finnegan

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Emma Taylor is rich and famous... the dream of any teen, right?

Acting is definitely a vocation that she adores, but the attention of the tabloids is not. It seems as if every move of her life is recorded and misrepresented.

Enter Jake, Brett, and Rachel in Emma's real-life drama. Rachel is crazy over Jake, and she thinks the her bff Emma is helping her in this regard, even though Jake barely seems to realize that she is alive. Meanwhile, Brett is swooning over Emma, and Rachel helps the process along, not necessarily to Emma's delight. Rachel envies what Emma has, and their friendship is on the rocks.

Parties, false moves recorded on video and then played in slow motion. It is a movie star's life.

Not in the Script by Amy Finnegan, 2014

It was great to get a fictionalized glimpse into the lives of the rich and the famous.