I was standing in the middle of the local library when it dawned on me: I was taking the Boy Band to the orthodontist for a quick fix and I'd left my e-reader at home. And the book I was currently reading. tI was about to be cursed with year-old magazines or the endless, wordless showings of some nature program set in Denali National Park. I never thought I could ever get tired of that sort of scenery. Two visits ago, I did.tBut hey, I was standing in a library, right? Although I'd seen nothing I needed from the adult New Release shelf, I'd found some rock and roll fiction in the Young Adult section as I'd helped the Boy Band search for Artemis Fowl. tJust that easily, I was set. I ran back to the shelf and Rachel Cohn's Pop Princess was mine. tFrom the moment I read the first sentence in that waiting room, "My life as a pop princess began at the Dairy Queen," I was hooked. Maybe hooked isn't the right word; this was one of those rare gems of a book that I crawled inside of and felt an immediacy with. I connected with Wonder, even though I left being 16 behind a decade or two (but not three. Yet.) ago. This wasn't a recall of what my own life had been, either. Nope. I was totally there with her. tThe plot rocks: a former child entertainment star runs into her sister's old rock-and-roll manager in the Dairy Queen. He offers to make her into the newest princess of popular music -- and Wonder takes him up on it. After all, her family life sucks since the her older sister died. School's worse. And have we mentioned the summer home that's now the primary home and its charming habit of dropping parts of the ceiling at inopportune times? tPop Princess recalls Bling for me -- only it does many things right. While Kayla is the same sort of diva we saw in Bling, she's also more rounded. She's got a host of good points and she does work for her goals. She may be jealous and insecure, but she leads Wonder down the path smoothly, protecting her at times and pushing her to bigger and better when Wonder most needs it. tThere's more going on here. A lot more. Wonder tries to navigate guys. She loses her virginity, not to a groupie but to a guy she thinks she cares about. It means something to her and throws her into a tizzy. Talk about a very real reaction. tEven her career trajectory makes sense. She hits the very top. She transforms -- but she's not entirely happy with who the record company wants her to be. She'd rather be a size eight and not spend all day working on her dance moves and her voice. She's loving every minute of this life, but she's also acutely aware of what she left behind. tThere are even some dark secrets she has to face. This may be the part of the book that's most disappointing because it seems almost brushed over, but that's okay. There's still so much more fun going on; this shouldn't be an issue book. It should be a fun read about a girl working to realize a dream -- and then realizing other things, too. Wonder may not have one of those epiphanies where she realizes what's missing from her life. Rather, she tries things and makes choices. I like Wonder. I hated closing this book and leaving her behind.tThat is the mark of a great read. Add in the fact that the music angle rings true, and this is one I'll be suggesting to … well, everyone.
Pop Princess is about a girl named Wonder Blake who becomes a pop star.After the death of her sister Lucky life just hasn't been the same for Wonder.Every now and then she likes to sing especially at her job at DQ.One day Wonder is singing Smells Like Teen Spirit at work and is approached be a famous record dealer Tig and Wonder is signed to his record label.When I was at the library I did not have much time so i just pulled a random book off of the shelf and this is what I grabbed.I really like this book because it is funny and realistic.It shows how you can go from having nothing to everything and then going back to your life of nothing and realizing it's what you've always wanted.Another cool thing about this book is that it shows that to be a pop star you need to do much more than just sing.This also reminds me of Miley Cyrus because Wonder goes from being an innocent little girl to becoming a trashy pop diva.To whoever does not enjoy reading or doesn't know what to read you should absolutely read Pop Princess.
Wonder Blake is quite charming as a typical teenager-turned-pop-star. It was really Wonder's older sister, Lucky, that was destined to be a star. An unfortunate drunken driving accident ended her life two years earlier. Ever since, Wonder's life has been a mess. Her parents barely got along, and she was a loner at her small town school. When record producer Gerald Tiggs spots Wonder singing along to Smells Like Teen Spirit at her Dairy Queen job, he wants to make a record with her. It isn't long before she's signed onto Pop Life Records.What Wonder anticipated as an escape from her monotonous, miserable life turns out to be a lot of work. Between dance practice, recording sessions, and partying, she doesn't have too much time to sort herself out. Pop Princess is a nice read, and it reeks of adolescent humor.
—Ola
"This is not a school musical, this is millions of people seeing you, recognizing you, criticizing you. This is "it." Public person -- the good, the bad, and the ugly. Are you ready?"When fifteen-year-old Wonder Blake is plucked from her job at the Dairy Queen and given the chance to become a teen idol, it seems like a dream come true -- even if it wasn't her dream, but her older sister Lucky's. Lucky was on her way to becoming a pop star when she died, and Wonder and her family are still trying to recover from their loss. Offered a recording contract, Wonder jumps at the chance to escape from a dead-end town, her fractured family, and worst of all, high school. Suddenly she has it all: a hot new look, a chart-busting hit single, a tour opening for superstar Kayla. But stardom isn't all glamour -- it's also lots of work. And maybe what Wonder really wants is as simple as a guy who likes her for herself.With spark and humor Rachel Cohn captures the struggles and glories of an ordinary teenage girl's climb to celebrity. As Wonder rises through the pop-princess star-making machine, she also learns the price -- and that maybe being an ordinary teenage girl isn't so bad after all.My opinion about this book is some boring, i don't like too much.
—Dennisse J
This was my favourite book as a teenager,this is the book I couldn't stop thinking about for years. Now I'm 24 and was still thinking about it I finally managed to find a second hand copy and read it in two days. You know you have found an amazing book when even as you grow older it stays in the back of your mind. Wonder Blake,normal 15 year old to pop star stardom practically over night,some life lessons,boys and a trip to find herself. Go on give it a read,no matter what your age. You know you want to.
—Sammeh
