Fame, Glory, and other things on my to do list
By Janette Rallison
186 pages
4/5

I didn't expect this book to be so good. Ok, I didn't expect it to be good at all. Probably because of the cover. Well, now I know that i shouldn't judge books by their covers (even though thats like, the first impression kinda thing). The cover was a cartoon, and I found the title weird. I wan't even planning on reading it, until one of my friends told me to. She wasn't recommending it or anything; she couldnt decide between two books, and I didn't know what to read, so she told me to read the first chapter to see if it was good. I ended up reading the whole thing. So.. it was good. The title didn't have that much significance... only a little.

The main character's name is Jessica (I've forgotten the Last name), and the beginning of the book talks about how she doesn't like her name - because it's too common. Her dream is to become an actress, which is not all that easy.
She works part-time at Wal-Mart, and owns a Honda Civic; which frequently fails her by not starting. One day, after work, she decides to go home- but can't get her car to start. She gets really mad, and notices some guy watchng her. She thinks he wants her stuff, so she offers him her wallet. Her purse. Anything. Well, oops, he wasn't trying to steal anything. Turns out, Jessica had gone onto the wrong car, which belonged to the guy. Gosh, he could have said something, rather than freak her out! He is new to the place, and lives with his mom- and will be going to high school wth Jessica. His name is Jordan. She likes him. Oh yeah, they have exactly the same car. Somehow. Their keys are the same. She is taken aback when she find out who Jordan's father is, but then again, she should have known. Not that he's anything bad. He's a famous actor - Christopher Hunter. She promises to keep it a secret. She really, really does. But when she accidently blurts it out to her favourite teacher, her drama teacher, the whole school ends up knowing, and it kills Jordans wish to be a normal student like everyone else. Jordon's parents are divorced, but he really wants them back together. They obviously want to get back together too, Jordan can tell. But neither are willing too.

This book was grr-eat!! Read it!!

*would have been 63
**can be published in a newsletter

-Jessica-