Back Stage Pass-Gaby Triana

Desert McGraw, daughter of famous Richard "Flesh" McGraw, leadsinger and songwriter for rock group, Crossfire, has just moved, AGAIN, to Miami. Determined to keep her identity a secret for as long as possible, and to make friends, she quickly meets Becca, a girl in her advanced english class, whom she later discovers is depressed, and hasn't had a great card played for her life. Along with Becca, she meets Liam, a drop-dead gorgeous Hispanic boy, and they instantly fall in love.
Soon Desert's secret is out though, and their whole family has to struggle through the tabloids, and the fact that Liam's stepmother wants to write a criticizing story about Des' mom, the manager of the band, for raising Desert on the road.
Along with all of this, Desert is faced with many problems, such as how she feels about the hot new singer staying with them to "collaborate" with Crossfire, in hopes of a "younger" album. And what to do about Marie, her mother's best friend, who definately does not have the band's best interests in mind. Especially when she hired the new singer.


A wonderful story of friendship, and family ties, Desert shows just how much of an amazing person she is, as she discovers what she really thinks of her life, and when her family is blown apart by her father's uncovered secret, it is up to Desert to make or break her mother in an interview. Desert doesn't always make the right choices, and doesn't always have others in mind (self-absorbsion), but she proves that she CAN fix what she has done wrong, and she evolves greatly in this book. I couldn't believe this was the author's first book!

-Emily