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Who Wants to be a Star?Julia Allen and Margaret Iggulden
Who Wants to be a Star?
Tina Daniels is thirteen years old and a star. She sings beautifully, and everyone loves her. Her mother has big ideas about Hollywood, but Tina is not happy. One day she goes away on a train. Who does she meet? What does she see? Read about Tina’s new life.
Penguin Readers are simplif ied texts which provide a step-by-step approach to the joys of reading for pleasure.
Original British English
Number of words (excluding activities): 911
Cover photograph © Alamy Images / viennaphoto / allOverPhotography
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Tina Daniels is thirteen years old and she is a star. She
can sing and dance. Everyone knows her. Everyone
loves her. They call her ‘Curls’ because she has beautiful
curly hair. They all want her photo. She can have
anything she wants.
But is she happy?
Does she want to be a star?
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“Tina, why are you eating chocolates?” her mother
asks. “I like them. They’re nice!” Tina says. “You’re
getting fat, and a fat girl doesn’t get lots of money in
Hollywood,” Mrs Daniels says. “You want the money –
I don’t!” Tina says.
Tina is angry with her mother and Mrs Daniels is angry
with Tina. Tina leaves the room and cries.
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Tina is very sad. She does not want to be a star. She
wants a quiet life. One day she has an idea. Her
schoolfriend, Mary, has a grandmother called Mrs
White. Old Mrs White lives in the country, in
Stonechurch. Tina has a photo of Mary in front of Mrs
White’s house. It looks very pretty – not like the city!
Tina decides to go there.
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Tina is at the city station. She is wearing jeans and an
old jumper. People do not know who she is.
“Where do you want to go, young girl?” the man at the
ticket office asks her. “Stonechurch, please. When’s the
next train?” Tina asks. “The train leaves at two o’clock
from platform three,” the man says. Tina buys her
ticket.
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Tina arrives at Stonechurch. She sees an old house near
the river. It is the house in the photo! There are flowers
and trees in the garden.
“Mrs White must live here,” Tina thinks. She goes to
the front door and rings the bell. An old lady with white
hair and a kind face opens the door. A black cat comes
out too.
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