Lena Daniels never thought she’d get the chance star in a movie. Headstrong and determined, she has her life planned out to the minute. But when her best friends, Savannah and Emma, tell her about an audition, she knows there’s nothing else in the world she’d rather do. And now that she’s gotten her wish, Lena finds that being in the spotlight is harder than it sounds. She got everything she never wanted! Her face turns up everywhere she goes, and everything in her life is flipped upside down. Lena wonders if this is a dream come true or a horrible nightmare. Even a visit from her best friends during filming turns into a disaster.
With her little sisters—Ansley, Ashton, and Amber—and her mischievous pup, Austin, constantly at her side, Lena must face the challenges of everyday life while chasing her dreams of being a model and actress on the big screen. Lena tackles tough choices, learns the value of perseverance, and keeps her hopes high. She knows her faith and family will keep her feet on the ground and her eyes on the stars.
Lights … camera … action! for a fabulous new book! Alena Pitts has written an exciting story, full of drama, spiritual lessons, and movie lights.
It’s those lights that create such inner turmoil for Lena, the main character of the story. I love the way that the author has her parents, friends, and even a singer-celebrity helping her to learn big lessons when she faces hard times. Those lessons incorporate scripture, giving readers a steadfast foundation upon which to lean.
The troubles that Lena faces are realistic, even if much of the story is not. Most tweens won’t have the opportunity to star in a movie, or even meet their favorite celebrity face-to-face, but the author puts the character, despite those amazing situations, in places of realistic, everyday-people kind of stress, and she learns how to cope with that stress in real ways. That was definitely my favorite aspect of this book.
Hello Stars is a fairly short, fun read. It’s the first in a trilogy, and I expect great things in the subsequent books.
I received a free copy of this book. All opinions are my own.
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