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Book Review By Synthia
Me, My Kid and HollyWeird: The Adventures of a Kid Actor by Chartreuse and Gigi Braun

This book was written by a 11 year old and her Mom. The child, Gigi is a kid actor and she and her mother moved from Florida all the way over to LA so that Gigi could act professionally. This book is based on the first six months of their life in a new place as written in their journals. You get to come inside the audition rooms and feel the pressure of memorizing 5 ages of dialogue in a half hour.


Plot & Themes
Kids growing up/acting up? Yes
Kids: - general coming of age story
job/profession:
Job/profession/poverty story Yes
Story of entertainer? - Movie Drama Actor
Period of greatest activity? - 1950+

Subject of Biography
Gender - Female
Profession/status:
Ethnicity - White
Nationality - Irish

Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings? - 7 ()
United States Yes
The US: - California
Century: - 1980's-Present

Writing Style
Book makes you feel? - encouraged - like laughing
Pictures/Illustrations? - None
How much dialogue in bio? - significantly more dialog than descript
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