Five Days of Famous Blog Tour: Review

Five Days of Famous
Author: Alyson Noel
Genre: MG Contemporary
Release Date: December 13, 2016
Publisher: Delacorte Books for Young Readers

Description:

From New York Times bestselling author Alyson Noel comes a fun, adventure-filled, contemporary novel that poses the question what would you do if your dream life became reality?
 
A dream is a wish your heart makes...when your life is in desperate need of a makeover. Nick Dashaway would know. Either he makes it big this year in seventh grade or he risks being a nobody forever.
 
Enter the Greentree Middle School Talent Show, hosted by teen sensation Josh Frost. The show might just be Nick's ticket out of loserville. But popularity doesn't come easy, and when Nick is forcibly ejected from the stage, he feels like he's out of options. Desperate to avoid a permanent seat at the geek table and continued inattention from the love of his life, Nick chooses the only option he has left: he makes a wish.

Be careful what you wish for, the old saying goes - and Nick's about to find out why.

 

Five Days of Famous is a fun middle grade contemporary novel that answers the age-old question of what would happen if wishes actually came true. The story follows main character Nick Dashaway as he wishes his way into a cooler existence - literally. He's sick of being ignored and only thought of as a huge nerd by his classmates. Nick believes his big chance to change it all is about to happen when teen superstar Josh Frost comes to town to judge the middle school's talent contest. Nick is sure he can win - and then transcend into the cool crowd - where he belongs. Except everything blows up in his face. Nick's only remaining hope is to use his birthday wish to change his life - and it actually comes true. But the perfect life he dreamed of is far from what he receives, and the reader gets to experience and learn from all of his mistakes right alongside him. 

Nick is a great main character for the book. He was easy to connect with right from the beginning of the story, and even though I'm much older than he is - I found I could empathize with his problems without any issue. The author portrays Nick in a realistic way - complete with teen obstacles, bad attitudes, mean thoughts and actions, and other kinds of teenage angst. I thought that some of the things Nick thought and said were pretty cruel and even rude at times, but I guess I'm just forgetting the actual thoughts of kids in these times. Also, it was probably part of the author's point that we find some of the things done and said to be wrong, so that Nick and the reader can learn from them later on in the story. Aside from the obvious fantastical parts of the plot, the book was down to earth and full of great lessons. I loved how Nick's wish came true, but he realizes that things wouldn't be all that he dreamed if things happened that way. The author presents wonderful real life situations that the reader can learn from and apply to their own lives, alongside the crazy ride that Nick finds himself on. I can definitely see this novel being turned into a fantastic movie! I highly recommend it for fans of the genre along with readers who enjoy a great blend of contemporary and fantasy.

Alyson Noël is the #1 New York Times best selling, award-winning, author of 23 novels, including: FAKING 19, ART GEEKS AND PROM QUEENS, LAGUNA COVE, FLY ME TO THE MOON, KISS & BLOG, SAVING ZOË, CRUEL SUMMER, FOREVER SUMMER (a LAGUNA COVE/CRUEL SUMMER 2-in-1), KEEPING SECRETS (a SAVING ZOË/FAKING 19 2-in-1), the IMMORTALS series: EVERMORE, BLUE MOON, SHADOWLAND, DARK FLAME, NIGHT STAR, EVERLASTING, the IMMORTALS spin-off, RILEY BLOOM series: RADIANCE, SHIMMER, DREAMLAND, WHISPER, THE SOUL SEEKERS series: FATED, ECHO, MYSTIC, HORIZON; with short stories appearing in the anthologies FIRST KISS (THEN TELL), KISSES FROM HELL, & DEAR BULLY.

Up next: my new YA series, UNRIVALED, in stores 05.10.16, and FIVE DAYS OF FAMOUS, my new MG novel, in stores 12.13.16!

With over 8 New York Times bestsellers in 2 years, and over 6 million copies in print, her books have been translated into 37 languages, sold in over 50 countries, and have made the New York Times, USA Today, Publishers Weekly, Wall Street Journal, LA Times, NCIBA, and Walmart bestsellers lists, and have won numerous awards such as: the National Reader's Choice Award, NYLA Book of Winter Award, NYPL Stuff for the Teenage, TeenReads Best Books of 2007, Reviewer's Choice 2007 Top Ten, appeared on the CBS Early Show's "Give the Gift of Reading" segment, and selected for Seventeen Magazine's "Hot List" and Beach Book Club Pick.

Chosen as one of OC Metro magazine's "20 Women to Watch," she's been nominated for the Orange County Business Journal's "Women in Business Awards" as well as their "Excellence in Entrepreneurship" award. Her adult novel, FLY ME TO THE MOON, was optioned by Ridley Scott's, Scott Free Productions, with Sharon Maguire (Bridget Jones' Diary) set to write and direct, and all 4 books in THE SOUL SEEKERS series has been optioned by Cheyenne Enterprises.

Born and raised in Orange County, California, she's lived in both Mykonos and Manhattan and is now settled in Southern California where she's working on her next book.

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