As the last season of Family Affair comes to a close, primetime teen star Kaitlin Burke is no closer to deciding what's next after the show ends, even with cast of opinionated family members and staff who all think they know what's best for her. What's a starlet to do when she has the world at her French-pedicured feet and can't decide her next move?

Struggling with career choices and despondent over a ridiculous catfight with her BFF Liz, Kaitlin falls in with two of Hollywood's biggest party fiends when one of them asks her "Don't you ever do what you want to do?" But being at the center of the Tinsel town nightlife circuit might just be the downfall of Kaitlin's reputation, relationships with friends and family . . . and her career.

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Secrets of My Hollywood Life: Paparazzi Princess by Jen Calonita
Published by Little, Brown Young Readers

Hardcover released March 1st, 2009
ISBN-10: 0316030643
ISBN-13: 978-0316030649
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Audio book released March 5th, 2009
Narrated by Roxanne Hernandez
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Reviews

"Teenage television star Kaitlin Burke is coming with the culmination of her long-running prime-time drama, Family Affair, and the challenge of finding another acting gig that will drive her career forward, all while trying to balance the regular pressures of teenage stardom in this fourth series installment. Kaitlin faces typical teenage turmoil: fallout with friends, conflict with parents, struggles in decision-making, all against a glam Holllywood backdrop. Calonita succeeds in maintaining Kaitlin as an authentic voice and characte rto whom readers will be able to relate. Kaitlin is drawn as a person who could easily be the next has-been star or Hollywood embarassment and even makes some decisions that could lead down that path. But with the support of friends and family and some moxie of her own, she takes hold and addresses past wrongs. Under the wraps of a cover designed to look like the leopard print purse Kaitlin buys during one of her spending sprees lies a compelling book that captures a story to which readers will be ddrawn not only for its style but also for Kaitlin's substance. The book boasts wide appeal, smart writing, and an entertaining cast of characters of a quick, stylish read perfect for summer booktalking." -- Molly Krichten for VOYA