Poser
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Publisher Description
Twelve-year-old Luke "Spin" Spinelli is sick of fake running, fake laughing and fake pointing. Sure, he once made the cover of Baby Show magazine, but now his secret modeling career is making him miserable. He dreams of using nonwhitening toothpaste. He can't wait to stop styling his hair. And he really wants to stop worrying that the school bully will discover he was once the face of Dribbleez Diapers. After all, Spin's just a normal boy looking for a hockey game and some pizza with extra cheese.
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Twelve-year-old Luke "Spin" Spinelli has been a model since before he could crawl. He knows the drill like the back of his hand, but he hates modeling, keeps it secret from all of his friends, and dreams of playing hockey. However, being a "semiprofessional boy model" is the primary source of income for Spin, his mother, and his colorful aunt/agent Macy, who lives with them and has big plans for Spin's modeling future. Moreover, Spin lives in fear that his classmates will find out about his secret life. He's desperate to quit, but one of the many lies he tells to cover his tracks takes on a life of its own. The plot in this charming first novel has its share of emotional highs and lows, but Spin's chatty narrative voice ("Okay, get up. Put the book down for a minute. If I gotta do this, so do you," he says as he's asked to fake skateboarding tricks for the camera) will pull readers into his tale of woe and keep them laughing. Ages 9 12.
