A Million Views
Penguin Young Readers Group · Paperback · August 1, 2023
Brewster Gaines just wanted to make a video and get a million views - he didn't count on needing friends to get there.
We earn from qualifying purchases.
- Who it’s for
- A homemade video project grows into a warm, funny tangle of filmmaking and friendship.
- Themes
- Friendship, Family, Filmmaking
- Genres
- Film Stories, Friendship, Growing Up
Nearest books
Matched by what the books are about, then ordered by what their readers also loved.
Olive Blackwood Takes Action!Sonja Thomas57% matchShares Film Stories
Super TroopBruce Hale48% match
Maggie and the Story ShadowsAnnabelle Oh50% match
Grow Up, Luchy ZapataAlexandra Alessandri48% matchShares Friendship
Track Star #4Kelly Starling Lyons47% matchShares Friendship
ForsoothJimmy Matejek-Morris52% matchShares Growing Up
Setting the StageLindsay Champion53% matchShares Friendship and Growing Up
Miracle SeasonBeth Hautala48% match
For older readers: The Beckett Effect, The Ping-pong Queen of Chinatown, Find Layla
Start with three books, and this one can be the first.
Members get a new edition every morning: a route out from their books to essays, research and talks, with the reason for each.
Start with this bookAbout this book
Brewster Gaines just wanted to make a video and get a million views - he didn't count on needing friends to get there. From the author of Spontaneous and the Locker 37 series comes a heartfelt story of friendship, family, and filmmaking. Brewster Gaines loves everything about making videos. The planning, the filming, the editing, and especially the feeling of watching his YouTube views tick up and up.
Continue reading
So what if he doesn’t have friends to film with or parents who are home every night for dinner? He’s got a phone and a tripod and a lofty goal: A million views. But when he enlists the acting chops of charismatic new kid Carly for a ten-second video, he gets more than he bargained for. Her intimidating friend Rosa soon steps in with funding to produce an epic fantasy trailer, and before long, their tiny team is adding cast and crew. What started as a simple shoot mutates into a full-fledged movie production, complete with method-acting cosplayers, special effects, and a monster made out of a go-kart. That’s when Brewster realizes that getting to a million views may be harder than he ever imagined . . .
From Views to Crew
A homemade video project grows into a warm, funny tangle of filmmaking and friendship.
Come here for
- The pleasures and complications of making videos with other people
- A kid’s big online ambition meeting the realities of teamwork
Expect
- A small shoot that grows into an elaborate fantasy trailer
- Friendship, family, and filmmaking at the center
Where it sits
| Friendship | 97% |
|---|---|
| Film Stories | 62% |
| Growing Up | 52% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Stories About Divorce
- Film Stories
- Friendship
- Authors
- Aaron Starmer
- Publisher
- Penguin Young Readers Group
- Published
- August 1, 2023
- Format
- Paperback
- Theme
- Friendship · Family · Filmmaking
- Reading lane
- Stories About Divorce