Ruby Parker: Soap Star

Ruby Parker #2

by Rowan Coleman

Child soap-star Ruby Parker discovers fame isn’t all it’s cracked up to be!Ruby Parker has been acting in the glamorous soap, Kensington Heights, for most of her life. She is stunned when she overhears the script writers discussing whether to kill her character off, or to replace Ruby with a more beautiful actress! She has always felt like the ugly duckling compared to her stunning co-stars, but now more than ever she sees that everyone is disappointed how the cute, chubby dimpled four year old has morphed into a lumpy pimpled fourteen year old. Ruby is feeling more self-conscious than ever, and to top it all off, she discovers she’s got to have her first screen kiss – with the oh-so-gorgeous Justin de Souza, the soap’s hunk.What with dealing with fame on a national level, having her first ever kiss in front of cameras and dealing with everyone’s jealousy at stage school, Ruby doesn’t think things can get any harder. Then her parents give her the most unexpected (and worst) news yet…

Genres: Childrens

240 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2005

About the author

Rowan Coleman lives with her husband, and five children in a very full house in Hertfordshire. She juggles writing novels with raising her family which includes a very lively set of toddler twins whose main hobby is going in the opposite directions. When she gets the chance, Rowan enjoys sleeping, sitting and loves watching films; she is also attempting to learn how to bake.

Rowan would like to live every day as if she were starring in a musical, although her daughter no longer allows her to sing in public. Despite being dyslexic, Rowan loves writing, and The Memory Book is her eleventh novel. Others include The Accidental Mother, Lessons in Laughing Out Loud and the award-winning Dearest Rose, a novel which lead Rowan to become an active supporter of domestic abuse charity Refuge, donating 100% of royalties from the ebook publication of her novella, Woman Walks Into a Bar, to the charity. Rowan does not have time for ironing.

Reviews

[Adéolá · Rating 3 out of 5]

Calm and chill book….

[Betty Estrada · Rating 3 out of 5]

This story showed an extraordinary life of a teen actress yet also living with ordinary scenarios of an ordinary teenage girl. Ruby faces different problems regarding identity, family, and friends.

You'll get yourself related especially when you're also a teenager as you face "awkward phases" of teenage life. But the good thing is, you are able to learn how to solve those problems by your own and get to discover the "real you."

A story that showed the perks of being a teenager - full of twists with family and friends.

[Holly Joy · Rating 4 out of 5]

A fun starter to a series of books about a teenage girl at drama school. I found the Characters were easy to relate to and I finished the book quickly as it is fast paced and funny!

[silene · Rating 5 out of 5]

Awesome book! The storyline is very interesting. I really enjoyed this wonderful book. Recommend this book to all teen girls (and boys)