Title: L.A. Candy (L.A. Candy #1)
First published: 2009
Description: Los Angeles is all about the sweet life: hot clubs, cute guys, designer...everything. Nineteen-year-old Jane Roberts can't wait to start living it up. She may be in L.A. for an internship, but Jane plans to play as hard as she works, and has enlisted her BFF Scarlett to join in the fun.

When Jane and Scarlett are approached by a producer who wants them to be on his new series, a "reality version of Sex and the City," they can hardly believe their luck. Their own show? Yes, please!

Soon Jane is TV's hottest star. Fame brings more than she ever imagined possible for a girl from Santa Barbara-free designer clothes, the choicest tables at the most exclusive clubs, invites to Hollywood premieres-and she's lapping up the VIP treatment with her eclectic entourage of new pals. But those same friends who are always up for a wild night are also out for a piece of Jane's spotlight.

In a city filled with people chasing after their dreams, it's not long before Jane wakes up to the reality that everyone wants something from her, and nothing is what it seems to be
Subjects: Fiction, Reality television programs, Self-perception, Interpersonal relations, Conduct of life, Friendship, Juvenile Fiction, nyt:chapter-books=2009-07-05, New York Times bestseller, Children's fiction, Friendship, fiction, Interpersonal relations, fiction, Conduct of life, fiction, Los angeles (calif.), fiction, Self-perception, fiction, Television, fiction
Places: Los Angeles (Calif.)
LC classification: PZ7.C76472 Laag 2009