Kraus, Nicola and McLaughlin, Emma. The Real Real. New York: Harper Collins, 2009.
ISBN: 9780061720406 | Hardcover | 310 p. | $16.99 USD
Annotation: Hampton High senior Jesse is cast in a reality show about the "real" lives of high school students. Jesse's normal life gets turned upside down as the producers manufacture drama among her friends for the sake of entertaining television.
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Wrap Back Booktalk: Jesse O'Rourke gets a chance of a lifetime when she is picked to be one of the stars of a reality show about high school students. TV crews follow her around trying to find glamor in her everyday life. When Jesse's life seems to average for TV producers, they try to add some glamour and drama. Jesse gets wrapped up in a whirlwind of dates, drama, filming and flirting. Before she knows it, she can't figure out the difference between TV real and The Real Real.
Watch an interview with authors Nicola Kraus and Emma McLaughlin about The Real Real and hear why they love writing for teens:
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