Stella Rising

by Nancy Belgue

Stella Connors has spent her whole life bouncing around from one town to the next, following the latest musician her mother has fallen in love with. She has always vowed she will never become a pathetic groupie like her mother, Viv. But then her best friend uploads a video of Stella singing a cover of her favorite band's biggest hit. It goes viral, and suddenly Stella's ideas about who she is and what she wants take a real hit. As a publicity stunt, the band's manager asks Stella to perform with them when they come to town. Stella is thrilled and agrees immediately. Soon she finds herself in the spotlight, with everyone after her for interviews and photo ops. And unless she's reading things wrong, she's pretty sure the band's lead singer has a thing for her. When she gets invited to go on the road with the band and perform in another concert, Stella forgets every bad thing she ever thought about being a groupie. After all, she's nothing like her mother. She's a star. Isn't she?

128 pages, Paperback

Published January 28, 2020

About the author

Nancy Belgue is the author of Soames On The Range (HarperCollins Canada 2007), Casey Little: Yo-Yo Queen (Orca 2005), Summer On The Run (Orca 2005) and The Scream of the Hawk (Orca 2003). The Scream Of The Hawk was nominated for a Silver Birch Award in 2005 and a Diamond Willow Award in 2005. Summer On The Run was named one of the best of 2005 by Resource Links, a CLA Notable Book for 2006 and was shortlisted for the CLA Canadian Children's Book of the Year Award. Casey Little: Yo-Yo Queen was named an Honour Book for the 2007 Silver Birch Awards.

In 2007 Nancy was one of 12 writers chosen from across Canada to appear in the second broadcast version of the 3 Day Novel Contest. For 72 hours, over Labour Day weekend, Nancy and 11 other writers wrote, ate, slept and lived in a Chapters Bookstore in Edmonton Alberta, all the while managing to complete an entire novel. The results of this literary marathon will be broadcast over several episodes on BookTelevison beginning in 2008.

Nancy's writing has appeared in magazines in both Canada and the United States. She was a winner of the Toronto Sun's column writing contest in 2001 and finalist in the New Century Writer's Awards Short Story Competition, 2001.

In addition to speaking to children as a visiting author, Nancy has been a literary/drama artist with the Learning Through The Arts program, a library assistant in Southwestern Ontario and has acted in television commercials, training videos and documentaries.

She has a B.A. in English Literature from York University.

Nancy and her family live in Kingsville, Ontario.

Reviews

[Amy]

More like a novella, this was quick and easy to read. Not the most in depth storytelling but for the length it was a sufficiently developed story.

[Lolilol]

I need to know the age of Wilcox like...?

[Caitlin]

This was a nice, simple, short YA read for when you need a break! It was very short but I still liked it and the characters.

[Alex]

Viv was the worst.