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Unscripted Joss Byrd
by Lygia Day Peñaflor
Ages: 14+
Published: 2016
Publisher: Roaring Brook Press/Macmillan
ISBN: 978-1-62672-369-6
Keywords: Actors, Sexual Abuse, Diversity, Dyslexia
ARC - Twelve-year-old Joss is a rising star, but her latest movie role about the uncomfortable past of her director makes her re-examine the people around her, the industry, and herself.