num_pages: 320
description: The behind-the-scenes access of Almost Famous meets the searing revelations of #metoo in this story of a teen journalist who uncovers the scandal of the decade.Ever since seventeen-year-old Josie Wright can remember writing has been her identity the thing that grounds her when everything else is a garbage fire. So when she wins a contest to write a celebrity profile for Deep Focus magazine shes equal parts excited and scared but also ready. Shes got this.Soon Josie is jetting off on a multi-city tour rubbing elbows with sparkly celebrities frenetic handlers stone-faced producers and eccentric stylists. She even finds herself catching feelings for the subject of her profile dazzling young newcomer Marius Canet. Josies world is expanding so rapidly she doesnt know whether shes flying or falling. But when a young actress lets her in on a terrible secret the answer is clear: shes in over her head.One womans account leads to another and another. Josie wants to expose the man responsible but shes reluctant to speak up unsure if this is her story to tell. What if she lets down the women who have entrusted her with their stories? What if this ends her writing career before it even begins? There are so many reasons not to go ahead but if Josie doesnt step up who will?From the author of Full Disclosure this is a moving testament to the #MeToo movement and all the ways women stand up for each other.
language: English
title: Off the Record
publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers