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Welcome to the New Alliance – a reimagined world after a war and a flood. Taryn Beck and her family don’t have much, and her younger brother needs vital medication to survive. Medication they can’t access or afford. Taryn secretly enters Network G’s reality show: Starmaker, the most watched TV show in the world. The rules are simple; young women from all over the globe compete to join an all-singing, all-dancing pop outfit, DOLLHOU5E. If you win, a life of luxury, stardom and wealth awaits. But there’s a catch. Eliminated contestants are literally eliminated; ‘volunteered’ to Project Population, an initiative designed to cull the community. Sequestered in the sinister Dreamhouse, and filmed 24 hours-a-day, Taryn soon realises that reality TV is far from real. She and her fellow trainees are pitted against each other in cruel challenges.

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ISBN: 9781398547957 Category: Children's - Young Readers Tags: "Children's / Teenage fiction: Speculative, dystopian & utopian fiction", Children's / Teenage fiction: Action & adventure stories, Children's / Teenage fiction: General fiction, Children's / Teenage general interest: Drama & performing, Children's / Teenage general interest: Music, Children's / Teenage personal & social issues: Self-awareness & self-esteem
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10 CONTESTANTS. 1 KILLER STAGE. NO SECOND CHANCES? SING FOR YOUR LIFE!

‘Timely and compelling.’ Louise O’Neill

‘X-Factor meets The Hunger Games .’ Laura Wood

‘Juno Dawson is back!‘ Cynthia Murphy

‘Edge-of-your-seat tense and utterly brilliant.‘ Kathryn Foxfield

‘Like any good reality TV show this book is binge-worthy.’ G. Forsyth-Read, @AllyandG

Tune in for Starmaker, the most watched reality TV show in the world. The rules are simple; young women from all over the globe compete to join an all-singing, all-dancing pop group. If you win, a life of luxury awaits . . . But there’s a catch. Eliminated contestants are literally eliminated. 
 
Taryn Beck and the contestants soon realise that reality TV is far from real. They are pitted against each other in cruel challenges and Taryn is determined to expose the brutal regime and destroy Starmaker from the inside.
 
Get ready for the performance of Taryn’s life.

The explosive new YA novel from the internationally acclaimed and bestselling* author of Clean and Her Majesty’s Royal Coven, Juno Dawson. 

*Her Majesty’s Royal Coven reached TCM category number one on 26th July 2022.

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Dawson, Juno

Publisher

Gallery

Imprint

Gallery

Cover

Hardback

Pages

390

Language

English

Edition

Hardback original

Dewey

823.92 (edition:23)

Readership

Young Adult / Code: C

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