Chloe's made it into Rockley Park, the first step on her road to becoming a famous singer. She's completely intimidated by her roommates, Pop and Lolly, twin models who already have had their share of fame. Even worse, she's desperate to perform in the school's Rising Star concerttalent scouts f...
A Welcome Surprise A foul mood had descended on the Charlton team since the Banks match, made even worse by the news that Moore had beaten Stiles 3–1 and moved above Charlton in the first-year cup table. Even a draw wouldn’t be good enough now; Charlton needed to win their last match to clinch th...
“What do you mean?” It was one thing for her to consider pulling out of the interview, but quite another if he thought she wasn’t worth talking to. “Yeah, well. It’s not easy pretending to be someone else.” Ellie stared at the frowning boy in front ...
She was ready ages before she needed to be and sat in her room, wondering how to stop herself getting even more horribly nervous. To distract herself, she decided to see if her best friend, Hannah, was online. She wasn’t, so Ellie wrote her a message on Facebook: So nervous about interviewing Pop...
A Big Shock Roddy and Marek were up early on Monday morning, and even beat Mr Jenkins onto the field for their training session. “Fancy taking a few shots on goal while we’re waiting?” said Marek. “I’ll try saving them, if you like.” “You’re really getting into your keeping, aren’t you?” said Rod...
Chloe Sings The first act followed Julie out of the room, and the remaining students cheered them on. “Go for it!” “Break a leg.” “You can do it!” The door closed behind them and the room fell silent. The other band had looked very nervous. Chloe hoped they’d be all right. Just then, a screen mou...
To her surprise, Kurt Draagan’s agent replied very quickly, to say that the star was in London at the moment, and would be pleased to be interviewed straight away. Unfortunately for Ellie, Angel decided she should be the one to do the job. As she was the Editor in Chief, no one could argue about ...
Jimmy’s Ordeal Roddy threw his dirty kit into the washing basket. It was starting to become a habit to meet up in the team talk room after a match, so as soon as he was dressed, Roddy went through to see who was there. A lot of people had gone to get their tea first, but Keira was slumped at the ...
Picking Up Tips After dinner, Marmalade watched Jack rehearsing. Chloe had been right. He was dancing well, and very differently from everyone else. Marmalade wasn’t really jealous. It wasn’t in his nature to feel envious of other people’s lives. He would rather make the most of his own. But he w...
Stadium School Roddy took a look at his bruised ankle. It was the night before the trial and, although the swelling had gone down, it was still painful to the touch. He’d kept off it as much as possible, even though he’d been itching to practise. “It’ll be OK unless I get another knock on it,” he...