Monkey Star

by Brenda Scott Royce

Book Overview

When Holly Heckerling heads to Hollywood to work as an animal trainer on a big-budget movie, she finds herself fantasizing about leaving New York behind for good. But she's reluctant to say goodbye to her boyfriend, Tom, or Tallullah, the monkey who stole her heart during a pet-sitting assignment. Plus, even though she's in her element wrangling monkeys, ducks, and snakes, she isn't sure how to handle the A-list actor who's following her around like...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0451221265
• ISBN13: 9780451221261
• Release Date: August 2007
• Publisher: New American Library
• Length: 341 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.3" x 7.9"
• Age Range: 17 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 12 and higher

Customer Reviews

Monkey Star

I loved this book. It is hilarious and I can't wait for her to write another book in the series. I keep very few books when I'm done reading them but I have kept this series and I hope there will be a third one to add to my collection. (Hint! Hint!) I love books that make you laugh out loud which these do! Keep them coming!

Monkey Star Shines!

Seriously goofy, laugh out loud and chuckle kind of book. And when you least suspect it, she touches your heart. Monkey Star is an unconventional love story, and it's lots of fun!

Fans will enjoy this wild crazy contemporary tale

When has best friend Carter gives birth prematurely Manhattanite Holly Heckerling travels to Los Angeles to help her. Packing her bags with no notice proves easy for Holly although her menagerie makes travel difficult. She knows she can find work as a stand up comic in California and her relationship with Tom is seemingly over; she knows she will miss Tallulah the monkey more than her former boyfriend. In California, Carter's husband (and Holly's former comedic partner) Danny arranges for their visitor to obtain work on a Hollywood set. She is to nurture and train animal stars. Her toughest assignment proves not to be monkeys especially since Tallulah has joined her snakes, ducks; oh my; her most difficult thespian is actor Colin Daltry whose puppy love is driving Holly up a tree. Holly of MONKEY LOVE fame goes west to cause havoc in Hollywood as she did in Manhattan. Once again ignoring WC Field's first law of stardom not to perform with children or animals, Holly's co-stars are a menagerie. Tallulah is as zany as ever while Holly trips her way through one fiasco after another with Colin panting for her. Fans will enjoy this wild crazy contemporary as the laughs keep coming in this jocular frolic. Harriet Klausner