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Garland Fast has one desperate chance to escape her dreary life in Milwaukee and become a star⊠Itâs late winter. As the snow disappears, sixteen-year-old Garland Fast prays for change. An electrifying singer and virtuoso on guitar and piano, sheâs the star pupil at her performing arts academy. But thatâs not enough. Not even a little. Garland dreams of recording her own music and touring across the world. She covets success. And fame. And money. Anything is better than existing hand-to-mouth with her younger sister and single parent mother. Anything beats high school and living on the wrong side of town. When a team from a Los Angeles record label flies into Milwaukee, looking to assemble a new girl group, Garland sees her future. She only needs to pass the audition. If that means climbing over four hundred bodiesâso be it. Because nothing will get in Garlandâs way. Nothing at all! Garland Fast An extraordinary musician and singer. She may only be sixteen, but growing up without a father has made her tough. Donât get in her way. Kendra Jackson Born and raised in the most depressed part of Milwaukee, her life is pure chaos. Seventeen and desperate, she needs to make the band. Thereâs nothing left if she doesnât. VĂ©ronique AkobĂ© Eighteen years old and from CĂŽte dâIvoire in Africa. She keeps an important secret from her conservative and religious father. Without the band, thereâs nowhere to go. Donnell Booker At thirty-four, heâs a star record executive from Los Angeles. His new girl group will propel him into the upper echelon of his profession. All he needs are the right singers. Brittany Tait Thirty years of age, sheâs worked with and loved Donnell for twelve. Now she needs to break out on her own. A woman in a business dominated by men, itâs time to prove the doubters wrong.