Winter 2006 Review:

Morgan Carter was sent out of her Hollywood life, to, according to her, "life in the middle of no where." After almost dying in the Viper Room from an overload on drugs, Morgan had to become a regular girl that goes to a regular high school and does regular things. Morgan has to become Claudia Miller. Living in Fort Wayne is a nightmare for "Claudia," but she makes two friends, twins Emily and Eli Whitemarsh. Emily and Claudia have a hard time connecting with each other, but Claudia has to be careful of what she says and does; no one can find out who she really is or what she's doing there.

She has a film teacher who hates her, and a portly girl, who is absolutely in love with Eli, by the name of Debbie, hates her too. When Debbie finds out that Eli likes Claudia, everything goes down hill from there including Claudia's grades (which were never good to begin with) and her life back at home. Claudia skipped school one day because she wasn't feeling well and she decided to call her mom, but she got a surprise, her mother, who was obsessed with money, had married her producer. Claudia was furious, and took her anger out on everyone else.

Claudia continued skipping school, and even went to Chicago when her friend came to see her from Hollywood. In Chicago, someone snapped "Claudia's" picture and the tabloids recognized her. Then everyone in Fort Wayne knew who Claudia Miller really was, she was Hollywood starlet, Morgan Carter, who had to become a regular teenager for once in her life. Morgan only has one chance to save her life, and she did it, part of the way. 

I immensely enjoyed this book because it had a completely different plot. I couldn't predict what would come next. I would recommend this novel for middle school and high school students. They will have more connections to the book.

 ~ Ashley Aldan, grade 7, Boardman Center Middle School