Daring Darleen, Queen of the Screen (Hardcover)

from ltcl

Darleen is part of a silent film studio that her family operates. She is the biggest (only) star on the lot and creates larger than life harrowing adventures. Her biggest adventure takes place not on the screen but in real life when a publicity stunt goes wrong and she finds herself kidnapped alo...

from shabacus

A charming and delightful YA novel, set during a historical period that is often neglected. Here, we see the early days of silent cinema through the eyes of a young actress, who finds the plot of her films coming to life around her. The author has clearly done her research about the period, and u...

from aya.herron

Darleen Darling is a young silent film star who's life is about to get even more daring. When her family's studio decides to generate some extra publicity with a fake kidnapping stunt, things go terribly wrong. Not only does Darleen get kidnapped for real, but she stumbles upon another kidnapping...

from MikeDI

I received an Advanced Reading Copy from Candlewick Press and a special thank you to them. This is a middle grade read that will be released in April 2020. It is set in Fort Lee, NJ which predates Hollywood as the capital of the moving pictures industry using both fictional and real characters in...

from debnance

It's 1914, and Daring Darleen is the twelve-year-old star of the silent screen adventures. Unexpectedly, her film studio ploy for publicity goes wrong, and Darleen is kidnapped, along with rich orphan Victorine Berryman. Now Darleen and Victorine must use everything they have learned, Darleen fro...