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Language: Mild Language,Social Issue: Body or Weight Shaming
The Backups: A Summer of Stardom
By Alex de Campi
Illustrators
Illustrated by Lara Kane
Edition
By Alex de Campi
Hardcover edition
Publisher Macmillan Imprint Imprint ISBN9781250153944
The Backups: A Summer of Stardom
12.05
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SKU
9781250153944J
Step into the spotlight with this YA graphic novel about crushes, confidence, and catchy choruses!
Spending an entire summer on tour as a backup singer for pop star Nika Nitro? What?! That’s the DREAM. Especially for Jenni, Lauren, and Maggie, three misfit performing arts students with hopes of making it in the music world.
But being twenty feet from fame isn’t easy. Between crushes, constant rehearsals, Nika’s sky-high expectations, and their own insecurities, this dream is starting to feel more like a nightmare. And that’s before they accidentally start beef with a rival band threatening to reveal a secret that could end Nika’s career. Can this trio of new friends come together to save the tour, or will the Backups be kept out of the spotlight forever?
Spending an entire summer on tour as a backup singer for pop star Nika Nitro? What?! That’s the DREAM. Especially for Jenni, Lauren, and Maggie, three misfit performing arts students with hopes of making it in the music world.
But being twenty feet from fame isn’t easy. Between crushes, constant rehearsals, Nika’s sky-high expectations, and their own insecurities, this dream is starting to feel more like a nightmare. And that’s before they accidentally start beef with a rival band threatening to reveal a secret that could end Nika’s career. Can this trio of new friends come together to save the tour, or will the Backups be kept out of the spotlight forever?
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