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Scripted Unscripted

by Kristina Miranda

A backstage role turns into the spotlight

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A backstage role turns into the spotlight

Sixteen-year-old Ellie Quinn works with animal performers at a movie studio, but her ambition is to be recognized as a trainer—not merely the person who watches the actors’ pets. When she steps in for a fired cast member on a television pilot, her behind-the-scenes expertise becomes entangled with the show’s budding drama. The choice between camera and crew carries practical stakes: the pilot’s success is tied to the future of Ellie and her father’s struggling business. The premise brings together television production, animal training, career aspirations, and the complications of a sudden move into public attention.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Teens and young adults interested in stories about television production and performing arts.
  • Readers who enjoy coming-of-age dilemmas involving career ambitions and family responsibilities.
  • Readers interested in animal training and the work behind film and TV productions.

Themes

Behind-the-scenes work and visibilityAmbition and identityFamily responsibilityTelevision productionAnimal training

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Book overview

Ellie Quinn has spent most of her sixteen years behind the scenes, helping her father manage a crew of four-legged movie stars. Although she longs to be acknowledged as an animal trainer in her own right, she often gets stuck babysitting actors' personal pets and is known around the studio as "the dog sitter for the stars."

When teen megastar Kate Montgomery's sidekick gets fired while filming a pilot, Ellie is forced to temporarily fill-in. The producers seem to be enamored with Ellie--and so do Kate's two love interests on the show, "it boy" Logan Canfield and brand-new actor Cam Alvarez--causing trouble on and off the set.

Now Ellie must decide between living the drama in front of the camera or behind it. If she quits and the pilot fails, she and her father will have to close their failing business and move to her grandfather's lettuce farm. But if she stays on the road to stardom, it could mean losing the boy she's fallen for--and herself--in the process. Can she save the TV show and her father's business without losing everything else?

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