Having a boyfriend in eighth grade makes me kind of a celebrity at school. I'm also known throughout the spirit world--I've helped my ghost mom solve some tough cases. And now I'm on my biggest one of all . . . in Hollywood! Everyone is so famous here. But there's no time for stargazing. Somehow I managed to stumble upon a mystery right on Hollywood Boulevard. Homes of young celebs are being burglarized, and it's up to me to figure out who's behind the million dollar crimes--and prove it to the Beverly Hills police. And to complicate things? The ghost of a teen star is dying to help me. One thing you never hear in the land of glitz & glamour? I so don't do famous.
Barrie Summy grew up in Canada on a steady diet of books and tobogganing. She tries to read a book a week and always breaks for tea and cookies at three oclock.
Barrie lives in California with her husband, their four children, a veiled chameleon, and Dorothy the Dog.
It was really good, I would recommend this to people who likes a mystery book that isn't a classic but it is like a mystery that is a fun and easy one, but not too easy. It's a really fun and good book. I really like it. I want to read more books from the series.
Sherry wrote an article on love and submitted it to Dear Elle and she won....then the girl who wrote about love wonders what she really knows since she gets dumped by her boyfriend. But what better way to forget about Josh and try to get over the heartache other than going to Hollywood with her BFF Junie to celebrate winning the contest. Staying at the famed Roosevelt Hotel is an amazing joy. It's said that Marylin Monroe's ghost lives here....so Sherry's mom, who wants to meet Marylin, shows up. While at the hotel, Sherry is approached by fans and finds she loves the adoration but doesn't really know how to handle her new found fame. She ends up offering free tickets to the Hollywood Girl ceremony to two fans. This causes a huge problem later on. Dear Elle herself is the victim of a crime and Sherry feels responsible. So Sherry, Junie, her mom and a new friendly ghost that they meet at the hotel work to solve the crime.
Eighth grader Sherry Baldwin is going to Hollywood! Her essay on true love won first place in the Hollywood Girl contest and the prize is a week in Hollywood! Sherry asks her boyfriend, Josh to go with her, but he is more interested in water polo practice than a romantic trip to the film capital of the world. So, Sherry ends up going with her dad and her best friend, Junie. This is a wonderful book, and I highly recommend it! If you would like to find out more about Sherry's trip in Hollywood, than you should read this book!
In Barry Summy's I SO DON'T DO FAMOUS, almost eighth grade Sherry Baldwin's going to Hollywood! Yeah, you heard right. Her essay on true love won first place in the Hollywood Girl contest and the prize, you guessed it, is a week in Hollywood! Movie stars, swimmin' pools, and...ghosts!
Sherry asks her übercute boyfriend, Josh, to go with her, but over an orange banana smoothie he gets all squirmy and mumbly. How can you be an expert on love when your almost ninth grade boyfriend is more interested in water polo practice than a romantic trip to the film capital of the world?
So, Sherry finds herself in Hollywood with her dad and her best friend, Junie. Her mom, who happens to have died in the line of duty a couple of years ago, plans to join her there at the Roosevelt Hotel. She'll be working on the Marilyn Monroe mystery for the Academy of Spirits, and Marilyn is known to show up in a mirror at the hotel. Sherry's hoping a week visiting places like the Walk of Fame and the wax museum with Junie, her coffee-scented mom, and her dad and his corny jokes will help her forget that Josh isn't texting her.
Instead, she finds herself embroiled in the mystery of the missing purse with the diamond clasp. To make it worse, it's all over the World Wide Web of the Dead that she was present during the robbery, and it's all her fault. Unfortunately, the detective on the case is totally clueless, so when Sherry meets Leah, an over-zealous teen ghost who smells of root beer, she has no choice but to include her in the investigation. Sherry knows that if she doesn't solve the mystery, The Academy of Spirits may not ever let her work with her mom on a case again.
Will Leah blow her cover? Will Sherry be arrested for burglary? Will she be banned from The Academy of Spirits forever? And what about Josh? Is he ever going to text her again?
Barry Summy has whipped up another wonderful paranormal mystery in I SO DON'T DO FAMOUS. She'll keep you guessing and laughing with every turn of the page. And if you haven't read the other three Sherry Baldwin mysteries, I highly recommend them. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that we'll see Sherry at the movies. And don't be surprised if the heavenly scent of your buttered popcorn mingles with a whiff of coffee and root beer!
In Barry Summy’s I So Don’t Do Famous, almost eighth grade Sherry Baldwin’s going to Hollywood! Yeah, you heard right. Her essay on true love won first place in the Hollywood Girl contest and the prize, you guessed it, is a week in Hollywood! Movie stars, swimmin’ pools, and…ghosts! Sherry asks her übercute boyfriend, Josh, to go with her, but over an orange banana smoothie he gets all squirmy and mumbly. How can you be an expert on love when your almost ninth grade boyfriend is more interested in water polo practice than a romantic trip to the film capital of the world?
So Sherry finds herself in Hollywood with her dad and her best friend, Junie. Her mom, who happens to have died in the line of duty a couple of years ago, plans to join her there at the Roosevelt Hotel. She’ll be working on the Marilyn Monroe mystery for the Academy of Spirits and Marilyn is known to show up in a mirror at the hotel. Sherry’s hoping a week visiting places like The Walk of Fame and the wax museum with Junie, her coffee-scented mom, and her dad and his corny jokes will help her forget that Josh isn’t texting her.
Instead, she finds herself embroiled in the mystery of the missing purse with the diamond clasp. To make it worse, it’s all over the World Wide Web of the Dead that she was present during the robbery, and it’s all her fault. Unfortunately, the detective on the case is totally clueless so when Sherry meets Leah, an over-zealous teen ghost who smells of root beer, she has no choice but to include her in the investigation. Sherry knows that if she doesn’t solve the mystery, The Academy of Spirits may not ever let her work with her mom on a case again.
Will Leah blow her cover? Will Sherry be arrested for burglary? Will she be banned from the Academy of Spirits forever? And what about Josh? Is he ever going to text her again?
Barry Summy has whipped up another wonderful paranormal mystery in I So Don’t Do Famous. She’ll keep you guessing and laughing with every turn of the page. And if you haven’t read the other three Sherry Baldwin mysteries, I highly recommend them. I’m keeping my fingers crossed that we’ll see Sherry at the movies. And don’t be surprised if the heavenly scent of your buttered popcorn mingles with a whiff of coffee and root beer!
* Realistic relationships between Sherry and her friends and family * Like the relationship she has between Sherry and her stepmom - very realistic but loving * Adorable engaging heroine - you just want to hug her, going to have to check out the rest of the series * Nice light mystery for the younger set - Perfect for the suggested age group * Full of fun Hollywood trivia and pop culture references * Short quick moving story will hold the interests of even the most reluctant reader * Middle school girls will be able to relate to a lot of Sherry's emotions ( I vaguely remember them)
The Not so Good Stuff
* As an adult reading it, I wanted to roll my eyes a couple of time, but just kept telling myself this book isn't written for a 40 yr old women * Not a lot of conflict so the more mature middle school girl might get frustrated or bored
Favorite Quotes/Passages
"Hmpf." he says. "I can think of some music that would really get this place hopping." "Dad, Celine Dion is not the musical answer to all situations." I say.
"I can't believe I just rode in an elevator with my dad and my ghost mom. And didn't think about how bizarre it was, especially given that my dad is totally oblivious to my mom's presence." "Lorraine, Stef and I traipse to the restroom together, because even burglary girls hit the restroom in groups" What I Learned
* That I wish I could talk to the ghost of my dead Mom
Who should/shouldn't read
* Perfect for middle school girls, I would have loved to read it at that age * Not for the more mature middle school girl, as it is sort of light and fluffy (and that is not a bad thing, just a heads up)
4 Dewey's
I received this from Random House of Canada in exchange for an honest review
I decided to reread this book after a couple of years after I had originally read. The book is Sherlock Holmes Baldwin but everyone calls her Sherry. Since Sherry's mom has died in the first book she has been able to talk to the ghost form of her mother and ever since they have been solving mysteries together. This time Sherry is in Hollywood after winning an essay contest. At the award dinner a purse of a famous editor is stolen and houses have been robbed. Sherry must find out who is causing all of these problems and solve the mystery with her best friend Junie and a new ghost she has met named Leah. My favorite quote was "Lorraine and Stef stole the purse. And I helped them." because this is where her mystery first starts. The book is written in Sherry's point of view. I felt the author did a good job in portraying a 13/14 year old teenage girl. I would recommend this book to those why like a lot bit of mystery or something that is girly.
Sherry Baldwin is a teenager who won an essay contest on true love for Dear Elle's advice column in her favorite magazine. Sherry gets to bring a friend to Hollywood for the awards ceremony! But after Josh breaks up with her, Sherry decides to bring along her friend Junie. The awards ceremony is fantastic, and Sherry gets to meet all kinds of awesome people, such as Dear Elle herself and two girls named Lorraine and Stef. Sherry gives them her extra tickets, thinking that they're pretty cool. But after the awards ceremony, they discover that Dear Elle's diamond purse was stolen! After looking at various pictures on Junie's camera, Sherry and Junie come to find that it may have been Lorraine and Stef... all they need is proof!
Funny, relatable, cute, and totally girly, this book was a whole lot of fun for me. This is the last book in the series, and I think it was an excellent way to conclude it.
4 Stars. Not a perfect book, but it was still awesome. :)
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I didn't enjoy this book as well as the others in the series, but it is still a nice, funny, entertaining read.
Product Description Having a boyfriend in eighth grade makes me kind of a celebrity at school. I'm also known throughout the spirit world--I've helped my ghost mom solve some tough cases. And now I'm on my biggest one of all . . . in Hollywood! Everyone is so famous here. But there's no time for stargazing. Somehow I managed to stumble upon a mystery right on Hollywood Boulevard. Homes of young celebs are being burglarized, and it's up to me to figure out who's behind the million dollar crimes--and prove it to the Beverly Hills police. And to complicate things? The ghost of a teen star is dying to help me. One thing you never hear in the land of glitz & glamour? I so don't do famous.
This was a cute book and I really enjoyed reading it. It was fun and light. Sherry is an active, curious character who loves solving mysteries. The story had a good flow to it and made me smile. My favorite line from the book was, “she’s pretty old, like forty.” HA! (while I’m not forty YET, I’m closer to that age if we are rounding!) Sherry sure seemed to have a lot of free reign for a thirteen year old girl, especially in LA where things can get a bit rough. I know I wouldn’t allow my thirteen year old girl to romp through the streets of LA, day and night, unsupervised. This book has a marketed reading level of ages 9-12 which I would agree with.
Title: I So Don't Do Famous Author: Barrie Summy Pages: 304 Genre: Mystery
This book is about Sherry, an 8th grade girl who is anything but ordinary. Her mom is now a ghost, and enrolled into the academy of spirits. Sherry and her friend Junie help her out of detective missions. But when Sherry's boyfriend Josh dumps her, an exclusive trip to Hollywood is just what Sherry needs. But of course, mysteries always follow her. Junie and Sherry work together to solve the mystery of the beverly hills bandits.
I really enjoyed this book. I have read all the books in the series, and they are all very good. I rated it four stars because I really liked it, but I took a star off because it could get a little confusing at times. but overall, I recomend this book to anyone who likes mysteries.
Good, but you kind of would have predicted the ending. I mean, when the detective said, "theres always something that goes wrong" its kind of obvious there will be something. However, Leah becoming sherrys partner is weird because I thought that sherry was going to be with her mom. But Josh and Sherry getting back together is so... Happily ever after. I wish Josh wouldve seen Sherry with Mark and then try to get her back, but she wouldnt take him. Happily ever after in that sort of thing is just boring. And you can still read it if you are mature. Reading horror doesnt make you mature and reading a light teenage tone book doesnt make you immature.
Okay... I was interested in reading this... I read and was enjoying it up until the main character, Sherry, talked about her mom's afterlife: Being a cop in an Academy for Spirits and the two of them becoming partners in mystery-solving. That was just a big, "Wait, what?" for me. I know this is supposed to be fiction, but, that just seemed way too silly for me to even take seriously. Since this is a mystery novel involving a smart, 13-year-old girl being the detective in Hollywood, I had expected it to be a bit more run-of-the-mill, not...having a ghost by your side to help you out!
Sherlock Holmes "Sherry" Baldwin is back, & this time she's headed to Hollywood - her essay on true love won the competition her favorite magazine sponsored. Now she's off with her dad & best friend, Junie, to attend the award ceremony &, oh yeah, solve another big mystery. Ironic, considering her dreamy boyfriend Josh - off to high school in the fall - just broke up with her. But hey, maybe solving the mystery of the stolen purse with the diamond clasp will keep her mind off just how little she knows about true love. Another fun, entertaining read.
I so don't do famous is written in 1st person, which makes the story more like a diary. The main character looses her Mum after and car accident, but is still able to speak to her spirit. At times, the story can be a little long leading and looses track of what it's main point is about. Overall the book is fantastic, and is a mystery book in finding who stole certain celebrity goods. I recommend this book to girls ages 10-16 , as it is more of a girly book that includes things that a girl would do in her life.
I really loved this book it has both mystery and supernatural. So here is a bit about the book without spoilers: It is about this girl who's mother is dead and is a ghost. she can't really see her but can hear her and smell her. Her and her mother goes to solve mysteries and one mystery is in Hollywood and she and her mom and a new ghost friend are on the case. If you kike it give it a chance I got it from book outlet: http://bookoutlet.com/Store/Details/i... It took me less then an hour to finish this book.
Book 7 for 2011. This is my favorite of the series so far. Barrie Summy does a great job of placing Sherry in perilous but so fun situations and making sure all ends are wrapped up perfectly. Middle school girls and up will be wishing they could be Sherry as she makes her way to Hollywood, mingles with celebrities, and manages to meet a cute boy while doing so. Highly recommended for girls fifth grade and up!
Read this as part of my researching-agents project. Strong, funny female main character -- lots of female characters of all ages, in fact, including a police detective. Just realized how admirable that is: Summy manages to make a primarily female cast seem as natural and unforced as do the primarily male casts of so many movies and novels. The plot twists were handled expertly, and the paranormal premise is engaging.
Another mystery for Sherry and her mom. Sherry wins a true love contest for a magazine (even though her no high school boyfriend wants to break up). While at the awards ceremony Ask Elle's purse is stolen. Sherry and her best friend have picture evidence to prove that the girls they invited in with Sherry's extra tickets did it. Sherry the sleuth puts the pieces together and helps a young ghost along the way.
All of these books are a little... Overly girlie. But, I like the concept. Although Sherry is a makeup-loving, boy-crazy girl, she is also a member of the Ghost Acadamy. She assists her mother in mysteries that her mother herself cannot do because of her form... A ghost.
This fourth book in the Sherry Holmes series is a fun and easy read that will appeal to most.. (click here for the full review http://www.storysnoops.com/detail.php...).