Shattered Star

From the Series Surviving Southside

  • Interest Level: Grade 6 - Grade 12
  • Reading Level: Grade 4

What’s the price of fame? Cassie is the best singer in Southside High’s Glee Club and dreams of being famous. She skips school to try out for a national talent competition. But her hopes sink when she sees the line. Then a talent agent shows up out of nowhere. Cassie is flattered to hear she has “the look” he wants. Soon, she is lying and missing rehearsal to meet with him. And he’s asking her for more each time. How far will Cassie go for her shot at fame?

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Interest Level Grade 6 - Grade 12
Reading Level Grade 4
Genre High/Low, Young Adult
Copyright 2011
Publisher Lerner Publishing Group
Imprint Darby Creek ™
Language English
Number of Pages 104
Publication Date 2011-01-01
Reading Counts! Level 3.3
Text Type Fiction
BISACS YAF058240, YAF058260, YAF047030
Dewey [Fic]
Dimensions 5.25 x 7.5
Lexile 390
ATOS Reading Level 3.2
Accelerated Reader® Quiz 141740
Accelerated Reader® Points 2.0
Features Author/Illustrator biography, Awards, and Teaching Guides

Author: Charnan Simon

Charnan Simon lives in Seattle, Washington, and has written more than one hundred books for young readers. Her two daughters are mostly grown-up, and she misses having teenagers running in and out of the house.

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Surviving Southside

This innovative YA series is a set of high-interest urban fiction novels that’s written at a fourth-grade reading level, specifically designed for reluctant and striving readers, including those who read below grade level or are ESL/ View available downloads →

Awards

  • YALSA Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers, Winner, 2012