Runway Ready

Fashion Academy #2

by Sheryl Berk, Carrie Berk

Project Runway meets Fame in a trendy new series from the authors of The Cupcake Club

1. Balloons
2. Spaghetti
3. Rainbows

If you were to ask Mickey Williams, these would not be her top points of inspiration for designing a party dress. But in fashion, the client is always right...and Mickey's client happens to be fashion legend Victoria Vanderweil's five-year-old granddaughter. Even though it's the toughest assignment Mickey's gotten during her time at the Fashion Academy of Brooklyn, she can't pass up the opportunity to impress a top designer like Victoria.

But when Cordy turns out to be a tiny terror with non-stop demands, the assignment goes from hard to impossible. Not only that, but Victoria wants Mickey to babysit Cordy during NYC Fashion Week! Can Mickey pull off her project and pass, or will it fall apart at the seams?

See how it all began in The Fashion Academy!

Genres: Middle Grade

192 pages, Paperback

First published January 5, 2016

About the author

Sheryl Berk is an American writer and editor best known as the co-author of the New York Times bestseller Soul Surfer, written with Bethany Hamilton and later adapted into a feature film. She has co-written eight bestselling celebrity biographies, including Heart to Heart, Wise Girl: What I’ve Learned About Life, Love, and Loss, and The Rules According to JWOWW. A graduate of Syracuse University, Berk served as entertainment editor for McCall’s and as editor-in-chief of Life & Style Magazine. She also co-authored three popular children’s and young adult series—The Cupcake Club, Fashion Academy, and Ask Emma—with her daughter Carrie Berk, and is the author of the Dance Divas series, which inspired the off-Broadway musical Dance Divas Nutcracker.

Reviews

[aem · Rating 3 out of 5]

Cute

[aem · Rating 3 out of 5]

Cute

[☆BooksofA☆ · Rating 3 out of 5]

It's cute but I dont think I'm going to continue with this.

[Cassandra · Rating 3 out of 5]

Pre-teen fashion designer Mickey Williams knows the client is always right, even if the client happens to be the legendary Victoria Vanderweil’s five-year-old granddaughter. Especially if the client happens to be Victoria Vanderweil’s five-year-old granddaughter! So, balloons, spaghetti and rainbows it will be as Mickey competes with other Fashion Academy students to design a birthday dress the granddaughter will love while simultaneously keeping track of said granddaughter and staying true to her own sense of style. The second in the Fashion Academy series, Runway Ready is both an entertaining sequel to the popular Fashion Academy and a fun stand-alone for those who missed the first book. Appropriate (if a little far-fetched) for late-elementary/early-middle school readers, Runway Ready is a quick, fun romp through Fashion Week.

[Jessica Louis (Pen&Snap) · Rating 3 out of 5]

Runway Ready is book two in the Fashion Academy series by the mother/daughter writing duo Sheryl and Carrie Berk. This was my first time reading a book by these authors and my first fashion-themed read. I'm not sure what really drew me to read this one (the cover? The characters go to a Fashion Academy? The fact that I'm a fan of Project Runway? I don't know!) but I'm glad that I, at least, gave it a shot.

Did I love it? No. Did I enjoy it? Yes. It was a nice little read for those times when you don't know what to read. What I did enjoy was the writing style even though the characters didn't intrigue me all that much. And while it didn't quite win me over complete I still think that other fans of Project Runway and Project Runway JR. will enjoy this one.

[T.J. Burns]

I received a copy of this book from Sourcebooks Jabberwocky via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

[Rachel Frost · Rating 5 out of 5]

Amazing book! Large-ish text. Quick read.

[Olivia J · Rating 5 out of 5]

It is a great book and I recommend it to people who love fashion designing.