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"In this exciting sequel to Daring Darleen, Queen of the Screen, a young heiress in hiding and her film star best friend go on a quick-paced caper through early Hollywood.STOLEN ARTIFACTS!DARING HEROINES!THRILLING ADVENTURES!It's 1915, and Victorine Berryman (now reluctantly in disguise) is struggling to figure out who she most truly is: An orphaned heiress to one of the country's largest fortunes? An extra in other people's films? Or does she perhaps want to be a different sort of person entirely?When an ominous advertisement appears, offering a big reward for information leading to the ""lost"" Miss Berryman, Victorine decides it's time to leave the old film town of Fort Lee with her best friend, photoplay star Darleen Darling, and look for work in Hollywood, California. Soon the girls find themselves mixed up in adventures as wild as anything in the ""movies""--but with stakes that are much too real!This edge-of-your-seat follow-up to Daring Darleen, Queen of the Screen will have fans old and new rooting for the brave and resourceful ""Vee"" as she thwarts villains, tells the truth whenever possible, and discovers how to be herself in a world of actors, sets, and stories."

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Anne Nesbet is the author of the middle-grade novels Cloud and Wallfish, The Cabinet of Earths, A Box of Gargoyles, and The Wrinkled Crown. Her books have received starred reviews and have been selected for the Indie Next List, Chicago Public Library's Best of the Best list, the Bank Street College Best Children's Books of the Year list, and the American Library Association Notables list. An associate professor at the University of California, Berkeley, Anne Nesbet lives with her family in the San Francisco Bay Area. Carly Robins is an actress, narrator, and voice-over artist. She can be heard in commercials, video games, and promos. She comes to audiobook narration with a passion for performance along with the capability to span several genres, from romance to children's literature and thrillers.

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