My Double Life

by Janette Rallison Narrated by Katie Caruso

Overview

Being a celebrity look-alike is about to pay off.

Alexia has never known who her father is and desperately wants to find out the truth about him. She can handle being poor and looked down on...but a girl should know her father.

When she's offered a job doubling for rock star Kari Kingsley, Alexia realizes she'll have the resources to finally track down her father and meet him. And besides, who could say no to Hollywood? She'll have money, status, hot guys, and...um, did we mention hot guys already?

She flies off to L.A. and gets immersed in a celebrity life. But when teen idol rock star Grant Delray starts showing interest in her, she suddenly has to worry about blowing her cover. If she were smart, she'd stay away from him.

If she were smart....

If you've ever dreamed of being a celebrity-or just dating one, this laugh-out-loud novel is for you!

Editorial Reviews

School Library Journal

Gr 7–10—Half-Latina Alexia Garcia lives in Morgantown, WV, with her mother, a hotel housekeeping supervisor, and her grandmother. Now 18, she has long wondered about the identity of her father. After seeing Lexi's picture on the web, rock star Kari Kingsley's publicist asks Lexi to play Kari in concerts so she can complete an album. The reason that the teens so closely resemble one another is gradually revealed: they have the same father, a famous musician who was attracted to Lexi's mother because she reminded him of his deceased first wife and never knew she had his child. Although Lexi doubts the ethics of subbing for Kari in concerts, she does it to meet her dad. Being a stand-in is hard work and Lexi can barely leave the publicist's apartment—no one is to know she exists. That doesn't stop her from running into her idol, Grant Delray, and they fall in love. Tabloids run pictures of Lexi (in her Kari persona) with Grant, and she ends up in major trouble. When she finally encounters her dad, he's furious that an imposter has been playing his daughter. Amazingly, everything is tied up neatly. This novel doesn't do anything new with the fantasy of becoming a celebrity or being the daughter of one. It's pleasant but convoluted and its feel-good ending doesn't ring true.—Tina Zubak, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, PA

Kirkus Reviews

Eighteen-year-old Alexia, the only half-Anglo, half-Latina girl in her school, is a doppelganger for singing superstar Kari Kingsley. After a classmate posts Alexia's picture on the Internet with the intent of making fun of her, she is contacted by Kari's management with a business proposal. In exchange for more than enough money to pay for college and signing a nondisclosure agreement, Alexia leaves her mother and abuela, moves to Hollywood and poses as Kari in public while Kari works on her new album. In Hollywood, Alexia is determined to find her father, a famous singer who doesn't know she exists. She also falls for teen heartthrob Grant Delray, who thinks she's Kari. There's plenty of tangled-web-weaving and looks at the not-so-glamorous lifestyles of the rich and famous. Alexia's book smarts don't always help her in her fast-paced job, especially when she tries to help Kari with her gambling addiction, but her devotion to her family and Grant will win the hearts of romantics everywhere. Good, clean, "Pop Star and the Pauper" fun. (Fiction. 12 & up)

Product Details

BN ID:	2940159840493
Publisher:	Rally Point Press
Publication date:	12/15/2022
Edition description:	Unabridged

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