She’s the sassy sidekick on television’s iCarly series, but in real life, Jennette McCurdy is a kind young woman focused on balancing her already established acting career and a budding musical career. A fan of country music since she was seven, she’s been writing songs and poetry ever since. She signed an album deal with Capitol Records Nashville in 2009, and her singles “So Close” and “Not That Far Away” were released in 2010. Meanwhile, the acting projects keep coming. Find out what drives this young star and where she hopes her talents will take her.
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Mary Boone
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Mary Boone is an American art dealer and collector. As the owner and director of the Mary Boone Gallery, she played an important role in the New York art market of the 1980s. Her first two artists, Julian Schnabel and David Salle, became internationally known, and, in 1982, she was featured in a cover story on New York magazine tagged: "The New Queen of the Art Scene".
Jennette McCurdy
by Mary Boone
Juvenile Nonfiction
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