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Ruby Parker: Soap Star

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Child soap-star Ruby Parker discovers fame isn't all it's cracked up to be!

Ruby Parker has been acting in the glamorous soap, Kensington Heights, for most of her life.

She is stunned when she overhears the script writers discussing whether to kill her character off, or to replace Ruby with a more beautiful actress!

She has always felt like the ugly duckling compared to her stunning co-stars, but now more than ever she sees that everyone is disappointed how the cute, chubby dimpled four year old has morphed into a lumpy pimpled fourteen year old.

Ruby is feeling more self-conscious than ever, and to top it all off, she discovers she's got to have her first screen kiss - with the oh-so-gorgeous Justin de Souza, the soap's hunk.

What with dealing with fame on a national level, having her first ever kiss in front of cameras and dealing with everyone's jealousy at stage school, Ruby doesn't think things can get any harder.

Then her parents give her the most unexpected (and worst) news yet!

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Product Details
HarperCollins
0007244010 / 9780007244010
Paperback / softback
823.92
05/02/2007
United Kingdom
English
239 p.
20 cm
general Learn More
Quiz No: 229420, Points 7.00, Book Level 5.10,
Middle Years Plus - Key Stage 3 Learn More
Reprint. Originally published: as Ruby Parker hits the small time. 2005.
Child soap-star Ruby Parker discovers fame isn't all it's cracked up to be! / The perfect read for girls who love celebrities and stardom / New jacket style will make this series famous! / Will be included in high profile paperback promotions across the high street and mass market / Dedicated microsite to be made over as part of the HarperCollins children's website relaunch / Fabulous features, competitions, reviews and coverage in tween magazines / Events with Rowan Coleman in bookshops and schools to support launch
Child soap-star Ruby Parker discovers fame isn't all it's cracked up to be! / The perfect read for girls who love celebrities and stardom / New jacket style will make this series famous! / Will be included in high profile paperback promotions across the high street and mass market / Dedicated microsite to be made over as part of the HarperCollins children's website relaunch / Fabulous features, competitions, reviews and coverage in tween magazines / Events with Rowan Coleman in bookshops and schools to support launch 4KHJ For National Curriculum Key Stage 2, YFN Family & home stories (Children's / Teenage), YFS School stories (Children's / Teenage), YND Drama & performing (Children's / Teenage), YX Personal & social issues (Children's / Teenage), YXA Personal & social issues: body & health (Children's / Teenage), YXL Personal & social issues: self-awareness & self-esteem (Children's / Teenage)