Confessions of a Backup Dancer

By Anonymous

Book Overview

glamour. access. scandal.
Ever wonder what your favorite pop divas are like AFTER the cameras stop rolling? What do they do behind closed doors? What are their parties like? What do they think about? What do they fight about? What do they really want? And who do they REALLY hook up with?
Kelly Kimball spent a summer as a backup dancer for Darcy Barnes, the biggest pop star in the world. Kelly's got the real story on Darcy, her life, her family, and her entourage -- and she's spilling it here for the first time. If you think the life of a superstar can't possibly be all it's cracked up to be, you're wrong. It's all that and more. And it's all inside Kelly's tell-all diary: Confessions of a Backup Dancer.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0689870752
• ISBN13: 9780689870750
• Release Date: June 2004
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.6" x 8.2"
• Age Range: 14 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 9 to 12

Customer Reviews

Confessions of a Backup Dancer Review.....GREAT!

Confessions of a Backup Dancer By: Tucker Shaw Confessions of a Backup Dancer is a nonfiction book about a girl, Kelly, who lives in San Diego and goes to an audition to later find herself going on a summer tour with the world's biggest pop star, Darcy Barnes. She gets all the insider secrets, and the real story behind all of the gossip. After getting in trouble with Darla Barnes, Darcy's control freak of a mother, Kelly is fired and then hired again by Darcy's rival, Pashmina. Over this hectic summer there are many true tests of friendship, loyalty, and "realness." I like how the characters are very real and put into real situations. Over the course of the book, there was not a character I didn't except for Darla. This was a great book. It was unlike any book I have ever read. This book gets inside Kelly's head and actually tells the situations for what they are from her point of view. I felt like I was actually inside of her world throughout the story and I really got to know what pop stars really acted like behind all of that entourage and press. I would recommend this book to older teens around age fifteen and older. The whole book talks about realness and how important this is, and Kelly struggled with staying real all summer without letting anything spin out of control. I really loved this out-of-control, wacky, and real-life story and any teenage girl would enjoy reading Confessions of a Backup Dancer. S. C.

GREAT!

Oh my gosh! I loved this book so much! It was a great story and I, being a dancer and singer, was immediatley drawned to such a strong lead character. Kelly (or KK) was an amazing person and I loved how Tucker Shaw dove into her character and gave her such realism. I'm only fifteen but I love to read, to much my friends and family say, and I just got into these type of teen novels this summer but this was the first one (out of ten) I read and it was my favorite. KK and Tito are characters you feel like you know and I hope that there's a second book because when I was done I felt like I was saying goodbye to my close friends. I was also impressed that a man (Mr. Shaw) was so accurate to how a girl in Darcy's place would act. Oh yeah, to the person who said they couldn't tell if it was real or not, if you just looked at the inside cover you would've seen it say FICTION! And lastly, I loved the way it was written, the diary form was awesome.

Loved it!

I got this book on Saturday afternoon and finished it Saturday night. It was FANTASTIC! If you love other teen books, then you'll love this. And now I really wanna know who in the heck are "Kelly Kimball" and "Darcy Barnes"!

Lots of fun!

With all of the subtle digs at "today's young pop divas", this book is hysterical....and a great summer read

Totally Hillarious

This book was so funny and so full of juicy tidbits about pop stars. The money they spend, the crazy stuff they ask for in their contracts, how spoiled they can be. But also how nice.I think my favorite part of the book is the way it's written. Kind of exactly the way people talk. I read it in one night, and I think I might even read it again. I wish there was a sequel.