True confessions of a Hollywood Starlet (pg 53-110)

Summary

Claudia Miller started fitting into her new home of Indiana. The Whitmarsh twins Emily and Eli became Claudia's best-friends and shared secrets, but never about her being celebrity Morgan Carter. Claudia became really close to Emily and found out that she had a boyfriend at school who her parents or even twin brother doesn't know about. Claudia falling behind in school decided to get help from Emily since she was smart in every subject. When at the library for the tutoring session with the twins, Claudia started to notice that she might like Eli because he was diffent from other boys she had ever dated. Pressure began to come on Claudia due to being stressed from attending high school, and decided that she wanted to drop out but her aunt would not let her. A couple of days later Claudia gets invited to a sleepover by Debbie Ackerman ( girl that likes Eli) which was a tradition that has being going on for a long time. At the sleepover Claudia's secret is almost spilled because the movie that the girls were watching was a film that she starred in, but she was saved by Emily who said that Claudia and Morgan looked nothing alike. Claudia knowing that Debbie hated her because she liked the same boy that she likes decided to hook up Eli and Debbie together to clear the air. At Ms. Janet's office Claudia tells her about the nightmare that she was having and also told her that she was a drug addict and was raped by someone, but didn't mention the person's name because he was a celebrity and it would reveal her secret. Morgan finds out that her mother married her manager a couple of days later through a phone call and really goes into depression.

Quotation

"my hands started shaking, just a bit; all I could think about was how psycho I must have looked, tearing those pictures to shreds before bothering to ask why he'd taken them"(Douglas 111).

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This quote speaks to me in a sense because when I'm mad I don't think of the actions I'm going to make, I just make it. It sort of like I'm out of head and someone else has taken over and are controlling my mind and body. I have to agree with the actions that Claudia took because those photos if put in the wrong hands would reveal her secret. So, if I was in her position I would have probably done the same thing.

True Confessions Of A Hollywood Starlet (pg 1-52)

Summary

True Confessions Of A Hollywood Starlet is a fictional coming of age story written by Lola Douglas. The main character is a teen movie star named Morgan Carter whose mom sent her to live in Indiana after she checked out of rehab in order to get her life back on track. In Indiana Morgan is forced to go under a new identity, so she doesn't get noticed by anyone and also had to change her name to Claudia Miller. As her new identity Claudia lives with her supposedly aunt Trudy who is actually her mom's best friend. After getting a new look, Claudia starts her first day of high school which was totally different for her because she never really been to a real high school, but fake ones in movies. On her first day Claudia gets into an argument with her Film class teacher because they had different views on indie films, and films that actually make money. On her second day she made friends with the whitmarsh twins, and was happy that she wasn't being ostracized. Claudia recovering from being a drug addict had to attend an AA meeting every Thursday, and also had to see the guidance counselor at her new school, but she could not reveal who she was to her. Claudia survives the first week of week, and starts to figure out how her life went so wrong at only 16.

Quotation

" In the movies, girls get dressed up for the first day of school-sexy tank tops, miniskirts, kitten heels, designer backpacks with their initials embroidered on the front flap. this is not the case in lovely Fort Wayne, Indiana.."( Douglas 17).

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I have to agree with the author with the statement because high school i feel always are misinterpreted in movies. Teenage life in movies are almost always blown out of proportion because it doesn't represent the common person's life. As far as the first day of school goes, sometimes it is true that teens want to make a statement, but they don't dress as inappropriate as they do in the movies. i definitely have to agree with the quote.