| Title | : | The Fantastic and Terrible Fame of Classroom 13 (Classroom 13, 3) |
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| ISBN | : | 0316464570 |
| ISBN-10 | : | 9780316464574 |
| Language | : | English |
| Format Type | : | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages | : | 128 |
| Publication | : | Published December 12, 2017 |
The Fantastic and Terrible Fame of Classroom 13 is the third title in a series about the students of a very unlucky classroom. The easy-to-read chapters are full of humor, action, secret codes, and fun-and will prompt hours of conversation among friends, families, and classmates. The final chapter encourages young readers to write their own chapter and send it in to the author, Honest Lee.
When famous agent Lucy LaRoux drops by Classroom 13, she makes an offer no one can refuse-she makes all of the students FAMOUS.
You might think this was sweet, but it was not. It was selfish. (Lucy wants their money.) With great fame comes frightening stage fright, broken bones, rotten reality television, and other awful accidents. As the students of Classroom 13 are about to learn, being famous (or infamous) isn't always fun.
The Fantastic and Terrible Fame of Classroom 13 (Classroom 13, 3) Reviews
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The kids in Classroom 13 get the chance to be famous... but is fame so wonderful?
OMG, this series just gets better and better! I am loving it more and more. Each book has such a fun story, fabulous characters (though I wasn't a fan of Lucy in this one), and more.
In this book the kids have a chance to get famous when their teacher's cousin pops up. Meet Lucy LaRoux, agent for the stars... or well I think she is more famous for sucking stars dry. She is a greedy (and mean) woman and she cares more about herself than the kids and their talents. Thankfully she didn't bother me too much to get in the way of the story, and it helped that the kids were strong enough to say no to her or to tell her off if she went too far with things. That made me really happy.
I love the format that each kid (and the classroom + the hamster) gets their say, that we see what each person is doing. I had fun reading each of the kid's adventures in fame-land and how they fared. I have to say that I did feel sorry for quite a few of them as they had do some really eh things for the fame and many found out that fame isn't everything (which I could have told them despite not having done anything in the fame department). But it was also fun to see what each of their talents was and how some got really far.
My favourites? Emma with her magic, Ethan and his basketball, Teo and his streaming, Chloe for what she tried to do.
I am still not a too big fan of Hugo or Yuna's POV. Why? Hugo's in French... While I can read some basic French and so I get pretty far, it is still a bit of a struggle to read this and it does pull away from my enjoyment. And Yuna's always has to be special by being in some code. This time backwards. Sorry, but I am just not in the mood for that.
I loved that this time we saw what the Classroom could do. And that makes things very very interesting as it may be a hint for what can happen in the future.
The ending had me delighted. Go class go!
All in all, this was such a blast and I am kind of sad that I only got one more book to still read before I have to buy the last one (for now). I would highly recommend this one to everyone in need for a funny and great series.
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Fame is something everybody wants in this media age, isn’t it? With all the amateurs out there making YouTube videos and posting pictures of their lunch on Instagram in the hope of generating followers, it would seem like renown and public acclamation would be on everyone’s minds. This short book takes that notion and runs with it.
Hollywood agent Lucy LaRoux has formulated the idea of making child stars out of a group of classroom children. But matters go awfully and wonderfully awry. The children learn that fame and fortune come with terrible price tags. They become exhausted following a whirlwind schedule; they’re not allowed to see friends and family because they have to go on tour; they’re forbidden to participate in their favorite activities because it conflicts with their new talents; getting a prime film role causes them to be hated and revile by fans, etc., etc., etc.
When a classroom displays sentience and a hamster embarks on revenge, zaniness is definitely part of the mix. Some kids escape LaRoux’s avaricious clutches. Others do not. Lucy has fixed their contracts so that most of them get only a small percentage of their income and others find themselves in horrible predicaments they can’t escape.
Happy endings ensue—after a fashion. Lucy isn’t happy but the children breathe a sigh of relief. As moralistic lessons go, this is a rather good one. This may be aimed at kids but you have to ask yourself: What would you be willing to give up to become a celebrity? -
This has some funny parts, but on the whole I preferred the lottery winner book. This felt a little repetitive of that one, with the things the kids wanted and how they were famous.
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Funny
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The boys love this series.
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I honestly liked the first two a lot better than this one.
