Mango All the Time

by Fracaswell Hyman

Overview

In the exciting conclusion to the Mango Delight trilogy, Mango goes to Hollywood and becomes the star of a television series!

Mango Delight Fuller is ready for her next big break, which just might be in Hollywood! So she heads to California and auditions for a new television series. As she and her family settle in, she meets new friends who also end up competing with Mango for roles. Unfortunately, Mango’s big screen test does not go well. But when the star drops out of the show, Mango’s new manager convinces the producers to rework the show with Mango as the star. The new series, Mango All the Time (she’s a girl who sings and time travels), goes into production and Mango must face the realities of success. Will she be able to juggle a star’s extra-heavy workload, while keeping egos in check, heartbreak at bay, and managing the changes to her family’s life?

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781454933953
Publisher:	Union Square Kids
Publication date:	01/11/2022
Series:	Mango Delight , #3
Pages:	288
Sales rank:	993,623
Product dimensions:	5.40(w) x 7.90(h) x 1.00(d)
Lexile:	800L (what's this?)
Age Range:	9 - 13 Years

About the Author

Fracaswell “Cas” Hyman is an award-winning television writer and screenwriter. He is also a playwright, theater and television director, and producer who has created and executive produced successful live-action (The Famous Jett Jackson, Romeo, Taina), animated television series for Disney and Nickelodeon and Netflix’s educational web series Bookmarks. Cas lives with his family in Wilmington, NC.

Editorial Reviews

Praise for Mango All the Time:
"Mango remains the down-to-earth young person fans fell in love with in previous books: a fun, relatable character to follow through the ups and downs of discovering what life is really like for Black people in Hollywood, how to stand up for oneself, and the importance of valuing true friends and family. Glitz and glamour tempered by real-life concerns make this finale a winner." — Kirkus Reviews

Praise for Mango Delight:
“Mango is as delightful as her middle name indicates, and middle-grade readers will easily recognize their own experiences in her friendship struggles. This is Hyman’s first novel; here’s hoping it’s not his last.” —Booklist, starred review

From the Publisher

2021-12-15
During a life-changing adventure in Hollywood, Mango Delight comes into her own.

Mango, her dad, and her friend/crush TJ fly to Hollywood to audition for a TV show starring 16-year-old Destiny Manaconda, her favorite television star, whom they met in New York City during the off-off-off-Broadway production of their school musical, Yo, Romeo!. Their two-day trip is all paid for, though that doesn’t mean it will be incident-free, as indicated early on by the airline employee who assumes their party doesn’t belong in first class. On this trip, Mango sees even more of Destiny’s life up-close. An emancipated minor, Destiny lives in a mansion apart from her family and works hard to make her performances seem easy. While Destiny’s manager whisks them around Los Angeles, revealing his plans for her little by little, Mango contemplates whether she even wants the glamorous life that Destiny has. While the events of her whirlwind experiences in Los Angeles change her, Mango remains the down-to-earth young person fans fell in love with in previous books: a fun, relatable character to follow through the ups and downs of discovering what life is really like for Black people in Hollywood, how to stand up for oneself, and the importance of valuing true friends and family.

Glitz and glamour tempered by real-life concerns make this finale a winner. (Fiction. 9-12)

Kirkus Reviews