Join teenage starlet Ruby Parker as she leaves Soapland and progresses to her first major movie audition! Is there really life after soap? Find out in this hilarious novel for star-struck girls.Child star Ruby Parker is heading for her very first proper audition with one of the most famous film directors in the world. If she is successful, Ruby could win a good part in a box office smash to be watched by millions!People keep telling her that if she doesn't GET the role, it's not the end of the world. But inside, Ruby isn't sure that she really believes that…Warm, funny and starry bright, this perfect follow-up to Ruby Parker Soap Star is perfect for fame-struck girls.

Ruby Parker: Film Star

Teen & Young Adult

COLEMAN, ROWAN

Literature & Fiction

HarperCollinsChildren’sBooks

Ruby Parker: Soap Star

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…

Literary

Bright and bubbly young starlet Ruby Parker heads for Hollywood in the third book in this lively new series – a must for star-struck girls!
Ruby's mum is now going out with Hollywood superstar Jeremy Fort! And when he invites her and Ruby to stay at his mansion over Christmas, Ruby is over the moon. This could be the chance of a lifetime for her acting career. Could her dreams come true in Hollywood?

Ruby Parker: Hollywood Star

Dramas & Plays

No Way Home: A Cuban Dancer's Story

Acosta, Carlos

Humor & Entertainment

Harper-perennial

Young actress Ruby Parker takes on her biggest, bravest challenge yet – in her return to Hollywood!Fresh from her success in the production of Spotlight! The Musical, Ruby and her closest friends are heading off to Hollywood to audition for parts in the film version of the show.After Ruby’s last experience in Tinseltown, she’s scared inside but totally ready to take on the biz and all that entails. What she doesn’t anticipate are the dramas that begin to unfold closer to home…

Ruby Parker: Shooting Star

A stunning new cover look for the second novel from Kate Maryon - the sensational new voice of tween girl fiction. Liberty’s family is super-rich but when her dad loses his job, she has to learn that not all that glitters is gold…
Liberty Parfitt is sure there’s more to life than getting good exam results and earning lots of money. Unfortunately her super-rich, workaholic dad doesn’t agree – he thinks Liberty’s passion for music is a total waste of time. But when Dad loses his job and falls into a deep depression, Liberty’s talent may be the one thing that can save him.
The second stunning novel from the sparkling author of SHINE.

Glitter

Maryon, Kate

A lavishly illustrated retrospective in celebration of the 90th birthday of Judith Kerr, author of The Tiger Who Came to Tea and many other iconic books.
Her story begins with the extraordinary events of her early childhood in Berlin, dramatically cut short by the rise of Hitler’s Nazi Party in 1933. Judith tells of her family’s struggles with language and money, and what it was like to be a German refugee in London during the war.
We see her early attempts at drawing and writing; her sketches and work from art school, and her textile designs from her first job. We hear of her life-changing meeting with her future husband, the scriptwriter Nigel Kneale, and her time at the BBC, first as a reader and then as a scriptwriter herself.
Judith’s career as a children’s book writer and illustrator began after she had children, and over forty years on she is still producing classic picture books. She is a rare and wonderful talent and this is a fascinating insight into the person behind the books that have been enjoyed by generations.

Judith Kerr’s Creatures: A Celebration of her Life and Work

Kerr, Judith

The Hobbit; or, There and Back Again

The Hobbit : Illustrated

Tolkien.J.R.R.

Illustrated By Alan Lee

Radio

Harpercollins

Equip your students to be creative and reflective artists with our brand new course book, the only resource fully matched to the Cambridge International AS and A Level Art & Design syllabus. The book promotes understanding of the key concepts, encourages critical practice, and builds confidence in practical skills and independent expression. Exam Board: Cambridge Assessment International Education First teaching: 2018 First exams: 2020 - The only course book on the market with full coverage of the Cambridge International AS and A Level Art & Design 9479 syllabus for first examination from 2020 - Guides students through the artistic process of observation and intention, context and concepts, development and refinement and audience and setting in all disciplines: fine art, graphic communication, three-dimensional design, and textiles and fashion - Activities throughout improve students' practical skills in a wide range of techniques - Developed by an experienced team of teachers and practitioners - Complete language support with key terms highlighted and definitions provided - Dedicated sections supporting students through researching, planning, writing and reviewing their personal investigation as well as a practical guidance section at the end of the book - Critical thinking boxes promote reflective practice in students - Artist and designer features deepen awareness of contemporary and historical practitioners worldwide - Materials, references and examples are drawn from a broad range of contexts worldwide, making this a truly international course book - Suggestions for additional research to take students' learning further - Annotated student work so that students can learn from real-life examples Collins is working with Cambridge Assessment International Education towards endorsement of this title.

Collins Cambridge International AS and A level Art and Design (Cambridge International Examinations)

Collins UK