Ross Thomas

In her road to recovery from a career-threatening injury, a young Olympic-bound figure skater finds an unlikely partner in an cocky skater boy.

A beloved football player in the early 1990s seems like the boy next door, but has a harrowing secret that pulls him into self-medicated freefall.

"POP STAR" is a teen musical that explores the universal clash between ambition, culture and the pursuit of fame at any cost. "POP STAR" tells the tale of Roxie Santos, an 18 year-old orphan with a gifted singing voice and a passion to fulfill her parents' dream of reaching stardom. However, Roxie's dream is threatened when her brother Frank, a talented but penniless musician, gets ready to break up their struggling band. Refusing to let their dream die, Roxie teams up with bad-boy music producer, Eddie Marz, who makes her a lucrative offer that she finds hard to refuse. Roxie embarks on a heartbreaking musical journey where she must choose between the lure of the spotlight and remaining true to herself and her family.

Surfer Bethany Hamilton loses an arm in a shark attack.