"Fangirl"

Written by:  Ken Baker

Fourteen-year-old Josie Brant is your typical teenage girl. She attends a public high school, listens to music, and obsesses over a male pop star. What isn't typical about Josie? She just so happens to have a father with a dangerous secret, the gift of songwriting, and she just so happens to unknowingly win a contest hosted by her celebrity crush, Peter Maxx. 

Josie's BFF, Ashley, wins a contest hosted by Peter Maxx, but she enters with a song Josie wrote. Josie didn't know that Ashley entered her song as Ashley told her entering the contest would be childish. Josie finds out when Peter comes to congratulate Ashley who won because of the lyrics she sang. 

Peter isn't your typical teenager either. He's a mega-pop star who's known worldwide. But Peter is harboring his own set of secrets. What will happen when he walks into Josie's school and meets the one-and-only Josie Brant. Throw in a crazed opening singer and who knows what will happen? You'll have to read Fangirl by Ken Baker to find out.

Picture from:  youngadultish.com

My rating:  8/10. This was a great book, but I found some of the events unrealistic for a fourteen year old. I can't tell you what scene was unrealistic because I would be giving away most of the plot. What I can tell you is that the book was otherwise well written. I loved the scenes where the characters communicated via Twitter and text. Also, I feel Josie could stack up to some of the more well known heroines in young adult romances today. She's strong when she faces her fears, her challenges, and the situations that put her in new troubling situations. Hopefully, we see more of Ken Baker in the young adult book scene.

-Louise