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Close to Famous (edition 2011)

by Joan Bauer

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Title:Close to Famous
Authors:Joan Bauer
Info:Viking Juvenile (2011), Hardcover, 250 pages
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Tags:Read December 2012, finished December 19

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All I can really say about this book was that it was cute. A nice short feel-good read. Go cupcakes! ( )
  heike6 | May 2, 2013 |
another in the long list of favorite books by Joan Bauer ( )
  lindap69 | Apr 5, 2013 |
I loved this book and breezed through it. The characters came alive and the cupcakes all sound amazing. There was probably a little too much going on with all the different plot threads, but I loved the people so much that I didn't care. Culpepper is such a fantastic town for Foster and Rayka to land in and I wish I could visit there myself. I really need to read more of Joan Bauer's books because everything I've read so far, I've greatly enjoyed. ( )
  JenJ. | Mar 31, 2013 |
Cute. Made me want to bake some cupcakes! ( )
  wwrawson | Mar 31, 2013 |
Cute, heartwarming, inspiring, will make you want cupcakes. Joan Bauer's heroines get out there and make their own success. This reminded me of Okay For Now -- the writing is simpler and less sublime, but the protagonists are tangled up in a similar quantity of issues (some of which are almost identical), they have big personalities and strong voices that will crack you up, and the endings are just a little too good to be true. ( )
  SamMusher | Mar 30, 2013 |
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Foster McFee dreams of having her own cooking show like her idol, celebrity chef Sonny Kroll. Macon Dillard's goal is to be a documentary filmmaker. Foster's mother Rayka longs to be a headliner instead of a back-up singer. And Miss Charleena plans a triumphant return to Hollywood. Everyone has a dream, but nobody is even close to famous in the little town of Culpepper. Until some unexpected events shake the town and its inhabitants-and put their big ambitions to the test. Full of humor, unforgettable characters, surprises, and lots and lots of heart, this is Joan Bauer at her most engaging.

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Twelve-year-old Foster McFee and her mother escape from her mother's abusive boyfriend and end up in the small town of Culpepper, West Virginia, where they use their strengths and challenge themselves to build a new life, with the help of the friends they make there.… (more)

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