ENCORE (Hollywood Daughters) [Mass Market Paperback]

Joan Lowery Nixon (Author)

Book Description

Series: Hollywood Daughters | Publication Date: January 1, 1992

Distraught over the canceling of the long-running sitcom in which she starred, Erin Jenkins, who feels closer to her show biz family than to her own, seeks advice from her grandmother, screen legend Abby Grant. Reprint. SLJ. AB.

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From School Library Journal

Grade 5-8-- Erin Jenkins, 16, leads an almost fairy-tale life. She has a major role in a popular TV sitcom, her grandmother is a legendary star, and her father is a respected film director. But all is not stardust. Erin's relationship with her mother is tense and increasingly confrontational, and she sees her parents' closeness as a personal rejection. When her show is suddenly cancelled, Erin is devastated but develops a movie idea that will allow her to act, salvage her grandmother's fading career, and bring her family together. During all of these developments she falls in love with Eddie, her TV co-star. This fluffy romance will be popular with younger adolescents due to the setting and subject matter rather than for the quality of the writing, for the plot is simplistic and predictable, and the characters are stereotypically "Hollywood." --Carrol McCarthy, Tower Hill School, Wilmington, DE
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback
• Publisher: Starfire (January 1, 1992)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0553292870
• ISBN-13: 978-0553292879
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.2 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,822,663 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Great ending to the trilogy, January 10, 2006

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Katrina Elizabeth "Kat" (Van Alstyne. Texas) - See all my reviews

This review is from: ENCORE (Hollywood Daughters) (Mass Market Paperback)

In the third, and final book of the Hollywood Daughters Trilogy, we meet Erin Jenkins who is the granddaughter of Hollywood legend Abby Grant.
Erin is enjoying herself as the main character in the popular TV show, "The Family Next Door," when suddenly it is cancelled, and Erin doesn't know what to do with her life.
Her grandmother's attempt at a comeback special was a major flop, and her mother wants Erin to give up the life of a child actor, and enroll in a normal highschool.
One day Erin and her grandmother get together with Abby's brother, and decide to make a movie based on this book they just read. Abby will star as the grandmother, Erin will be the granddaughter, and Abby's brother will find a producer. All they need is a director. After searching they find out that nobody wants to direct a movie starring the has been actress Abby Grant. When all looks lost, Erin decides to ask her father to direct the movie. Erin's father runs an independent movie company, but the question is, will he do it?

Great book. The characters were fully developed, Joan Lowery Nixon described everything perfectly. Highly recommend.

--Kat

3.0 out of 5 stars Review, June 13, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: ENCORE (Hollywood Daughters) (Mass Market Paperback)

Though, not the best book Nixon has ever written, she developed her characters well. This is a trait made apparent with good writers. The plot was not developed as well as the other books in this trilogy. But, overall this was a fairly good book but the other two books in the trilogy were much better.