Finding Famous by Candice Jalili

Finding Famous

A Mashad Family Novel

Candice Jalili

Disney Publishing Group · Print & ebook · July 30, 2024

The Princess Diaries meets reality television in a story about fame (the kind you definitely didn’t ask for), first love (the kind you didn’t even know you wanted), and most importantly, family (the kind you can’t live without).

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Who it’s for
An unwanted spotlight opens onto first love, new sisters, and questions about the mother Josie lost.
Themes
Fame and public attention, First love, Family connections
Genres
Contemporary YA Romance, YA Blended Family Stories, Romantic Comedy for Teens

About this book

The Princess Diaries meets reality television in a story about fame (the kind you definitely didn’t ask for), first love (the kind you didn’t even know you wanted), and most importantly, family (the kind you can’t live without). Ever since her mom died, Josie Lawrence has been content with her safe, predictable life. She hangs out with exactly two people: her best (and only) friend, Louise, and her stepdad, Matt.

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She has exactly one (unrequited) crush on resident high school himbo, Isaac. And she’s fully prepared to spend the end senior year preparing for Stanford and actively avoiding anything that reminds her of her mother. But when Josie discovers that her biological father is the recently deceased Ali Mashad—patriarch of America’s original reality TV family, dripping with wealth, fame, and Vogue magazine covers—Josie’s “predictable” life is gone quicker than you can say “you’re doing amazing, sweetie.” Being a Mashad means that the entire world is now at Josie’s feet—desperate to dress her, to photograph her, to know her—opening a door to a world that Josie never expected to find: one with a cute guy who just might be her soulmate, three ridiculous but wonderful sisters, and answers to all the questions she wishes she could ask her mom. But the biggest question of all is: If being a Mashad is the chance of a lifetime, will Josie be brave enough to take it?

Fame Meets Family

An unwanted spotlight opens onto first love, new sisters, and questions about the mother Josie lost.

Come here for

  • Reality-TV fame colliding with a carefully predictable life
  • Family ties complicated by grief, romance, and sudden attention

Expect

  • A warm contemporary story about first love and sisterhood
  • A young woman weighing a dazzling new identity against the life she knows

Where it sits

Contemporary YA Romance49%
YA Blended Family Stories42%
Romantic Comedy for Teens34%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • YA Alternative Family Stories
  • YA Middle Eastern & Arab American
  • Romantic Comedy for Teens
Authors
Candice Jalili
Publisher
Disney Publishing Group
Published
July 30, 2024
Format
Print & ebook
Theme
Fame and public attention · First love · Family connections
Reading lane
YA Alternative Family Stories