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Foster McFee had big dreams. She loved to cook, and she just knew one day she was destined to have her own baking show on the Food Network - just like her cooking idol, Sonny Kroll. Foster had been whipping up her own delicious creations since she was four years old and got an Easy Bake oven of her own. If only her dad were still alive, life could be pretty perfect for Foster and her mom Rayka. He'd support Foster's dreams and also help her mama become a country music singing sensation.
Life wasn't perfect, though, and Foster’s dad was never coming home. Mama's boyfriend Huck demanded that she call him Elvis. The King wanted everything his way but didn't treat either Foster or her mother like queens. When Huck's angry outburst left Rayka with another black eye, she packed up their car with a few of their belongings and decided it was time for she and Foster to start a new life.
They drove and drove until the car broke down in the tiny town of Culpepper - the town which was to be Foster and Rayka’s new home. Everyone here seemed to be a little different, have their own stories, and unfulfilled dreams of their own. It wasn’t Hollywood and it wasn’t Nashville, but Rayka and Foster fit right in. Suddenly the impossible seemed possible, and Foster was as happy as she was when her Daddy was still alive….that is, until Elvis showed up…..
The book I have recently finished reading is Close to Famous by Joan Bauer. It stars off with a girl named Foster and her mom Rayka. They were moving from Memphis because Fosters mom had just recently broke up with her boyfriend Huck. Huck didn’t like it so that night he broke into their apartment and Rayka and Huck got into an argument which led to Huck punching Rayka in the eye which now she has a black eye. So when that happened Huck ran out of their apartment as fast as he could and Foster and Rayka packed their stuff fast, got in the car and drove off to wherever they could get to just to get away from Huck. But Huck started to follow them. But soon he stopped following them. They got to Culpepper, West Virginia. This woman named kitty and her husband Lester let them stay in their spare mobile home. Well then Foster and Her mom needed some food and they went to a grocery store named FOOD. While they were in there a boy named Macon comes running in saying “Miss. Charleena needs this and that!!!” and then he just ran out with everything and Foster and her mom already got everything they needed so they also left. When they got to the mobile home Foster cooked for her and her mom because foster loves to cook. Then after they ate they went to sleep. So the next time foster went to the store on her own she saw Macon again. They talked not a lot but some. Soon they became great friends. Fosters mom needed a job so she went to go look for one. She got a job at Fish Hardware. Foster got to go with Macon to Miss. Charleena’s house and it was a big and beautiful house. Miss. Charleena liked her but she didn’t quite show it at first. But soon they got along very well. Foster’s needed some money so she went around town to get a job. She went to this restaurant called Angry Wayne. She made cupcake for him to try and then he sold her cupcakes which she got some of the money. Miss. Charleena help foster read because she didn’t know how to but she got the hang of it and she was then able to do it. There was this church that was for sale but this woman, Perseverance Wilson, didn’t want it for sale. They wanted to change that church into a Terrific Taco but nobody wanted it. So then Miss. Charleena writes a check to make it into a beautiful church again. But while they were making the church better again this man come and tries to get his wife back and then her wife Val didn’t want him anymore. So then Foster starts to make cupcakes and that cupcake practically saved all their lives which was funny to me. Foster calls it the power of the cupcakes. I already fished this book and I recommended it for everyone to read but I don’t want to give away the ending so you have to read it for yourself.
ReplyDeleteI realy liked this book and its called close to famous and its about girl lived in memphis and she was born there and her mother was married to a man who was in the army. when the dad died, they sent a pillow case with all his things in there. One day her mother got a boyfriend and sang withhim and she was his backup singer. then one day she got into a fight with him and he punched her into her eye and he jumped out of the window and drove away. as soon as he left they quickly packed up and drove away. they drove for a long time then rayka(the mom) got tired and fell asleep. when they woke up they were being towed and they asked what was the matter and they said you were about to ride off a cliff. foster was scared to death but at least they werent dead. then they drove some more and they stoped by the store called FOOD and they saw the people who towed them off the cliff. they needed a place to stay so they asked them if there were any hotels around. they said there were expensive so the told them they could be in the little mobile home behind thier house. they took it and moved in for a while. then later she meets macon and ms. charleena and alot of other people.her mom rayka gets a job at fish hardware. later they wanted to make a fuondraiser for the helping hands house where people who were poor and didnt have a place to stay . they made a concert and fosters mother was singing there and her mother was even invited to someplace and was congradulated on her singing and foster learned how to read good. ms.charleena went back to hollywood and did her part in movies and came back home too when she wasnt needed and everyone was happy.
ReplyDeleteThis was the first book I read for the Top Tiger books this year. It was good. It was the type of book that I could relate to in some parts. It had the perfect mix of sad parts, happy parts, serious parts, and funny parts. The Elvis impersonator was crazy, although it was pretty good that he did what he did, in the long run. Foster met a celebrity and really got to work on her baking because of what happened with him. She had horrible moments and she had awkward moments and she had kind of nice moments along the way, but in the end, despite all of this, it all worked out amazingly. The story has a nice moral, that the bad you have to go through is all worth it in the end. I liked this book a lot.
ReplyDeleteClose To Famous is a book about a girl named Foster McFee who dreams of having a cooking show just like her idol Sonny Kroll. Her mother Rayka was driving and fell asleep. When she woke up the car was getting towed. The guy who towed the car said they almost fell off of a cliff. Rayka is a back up singer for a hollywood star
ReplyDeleteclose to famous is about a girl named foster who had big dreams of being a baker. she has always loved to bake. there were some sad parts and some serious parts of this book this is why i loved this book!
ReplyDeleteClose to Famous is a good book. I really liked it because I love to cook. Their were some sad parts, happy parts,and serious parts in this book.
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