Olive Becomes Famous (and Hopes She Can Become Un-Famous)

by Megan Atwood, Gareth Llewhellin (Illustrator)

Overview

Olive is going to be in a commercial! The only problem is that Olive can't land the gymnastics stunt for it, and she is afraid to tell the truth. Meanwhile, her cross-country pen pal, Molly, has started taken acting classes and is super jealous of Olive, but doesn't want to tell her. Molly goes on a mission to get on a commercial, too, with her new friend from class. Follow the secrets and threatened friendship through reading the jealous emails and alternating first-person points of view to discover Olive's plan to make everything right.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781684360413
Publisher:	Capstone
Publication date:	01/09/2018
Series:	Dear Molly, Dear Olive
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	96
Product dimensions:	5.70(w) x 7.30(h) x 0.40(d)
Age Range:	6 - 8 Years

About the Author

Megan Atwood is a writer and professor with over 45 books published. She lives in New Jersey where she wrangles cats, dreams up ridiculous stories, and thinks of ways to make kids laugh all day.

Lucy Fleming lives and works in a small town in England with an animator and a black cat. She has been an avid doodler and bookworm since early childhood, drawing every day, bringing characters and stories to life. She never dreamed that illustrating would be her job! When not at her desk, Lucy loves to be outdoors in the sunshine with a cup of hot tea — doodling, of course.

Interviews

• Broad appeal: Multicultural main characters from different geographic areas and family structures • Follows trend of friendship chapter books for elementary school kids • 1st-person narration alternates from chapter to chapter between Molly and Olive for a greater understanding of their characters