Nick, Alex, and Indie are delighted to be chosen to star in a hot new reality TV show, "Kids Rule UK". They will be fixed up with cameras to broadcast their lives for 12 hours every day. Viewers will be able to see how other people react to being on television and, in particular, how television empowers the siblings to make things the way they want them to be. But before filming even begins, Mum leaves home. Then the Kids soon realise that being a celebrity isn't all it's cracked up to be. The power they suddenly have sometimes seems overwhelming. Nick in particular finds it hard to handle. He withdraws further and further into himself, dropping out of school, stuffing himself with food and becoming increasingly violent. Things come to a head when he discovers that the TV company has been manipulating the family, making things as stressful for them as they can. This makes 'good' television - but it is the Kids' reactions that will make the most compelling viewing of all...
- ISBN10 0192753312
- ISBN13 9780192753311
- Publish Date 1 July 2006
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 30 November 2009
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Oxford University Press
- Format Paperback
- Pages 176
- Language English