Idol Gossip - A K-Pop dream come true

K-pop gets the Gossip Girl treatment when Alice Choy is catapulted into the life of a manufactured popstar at the elite Top10 Entertainment's Star Academy.
When seventeen-year-old Alice Choy moved from San Francisco to Seoul, she left behind her friends - and the regular singing lessons she used to love. Now the only singing she does is karaoke with her little sister in Myeongdong. That is, until she's spotted by a scout for Top10 Entertainment and invited to attend their Star Academy.

But sculpting herself into one-fifth of soon-to-be-launched K-pop group A-List is hard work. It's rising at dawn for lung-crushing cardio, dancing drills and calorie controlled meals. It's egos and rivalry and secrets lived outside of the public eye, because if A-list gets on the wrong side of a certain influential blogger and the anti-fans, then Alice's dreams of being an idol might never materialize.

A debut novel about standing out and fitting in, dreaming big and staying true.

About the author

Alexandra Leigh Young currently produces the top-ranked "Daily" podcast from the New York Times. She produced tours for pop bands for three years before moving to South Korea as a freelance journalist. An assignment on K-pop for NPR's Radiolab became the basis for Idol Gossip, her first novel for young adults.

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Product details

• Authors: Alexandra Leigh Young
• Publisher: Walker Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 12
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.04.2022
• EAN: 9781529502770
• ISBN: 978-1-5295-0277-0
• No. of pages: 352
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Children's books up to 11 years of age; YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Girls & Women, YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Careers, Occupations, Internships, YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Performing Arts / Music, YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Social Themes / Assimilation, Children’s / Teenage fiction: School stories, School Stories (Children's/Ya)