Title: Talent (Talent #1)
Description: It's all about talent in L.A.: who has it, who doesn't, who wants it, and who can find it first!

When 13-year-old Mac Armstrong witnesses newcomer Emily Mungler's stellar lying-to-gain-entry performance during a movie premiere party at the Roosevelt in Hollywood, it dawns on her that her own talent is to discover it in others! So Mac and her BFFs set out to prove it by turning fresh-from-Cedartown-Iowa Emily into a box office bombshell.

They'll make deals, throw parties, crush on boys, all on the way to discovering that no matter how famous or important you are, friendship always comes first. Well, almost always.
Subjects: Ability, Middle schools, Friendship, Talent scouts, Fiction, Schools, Best friends, Cliques (Sociology), Juvenile fiction
Places: Bel Air (Los Angeles, Calif.), Bel Air, California, Los Angeles