A Million Views, Aaron Starmer
A Million Views, Aaron Starmer
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A Million Views

Author: Aaron Starmer

Narrator: Mark Sanderlin

Unabridged: 6 hr 43 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/04/2022


Synopsis

Brewster Gaines just wanted to make a video and get a million views - he didn't count on needing friends to get there. From the author of Spontaneous and the Locker 37 series comes a heartfelt story of friendship, family, and filmmaking.

“A well-rounded, heartfelt tale of creativity and family.”—Kirkus Reviews, starred review

“A Million Views turns its lens on YouTube fame in a way that’s fun, educational, and inspiring.”—Ryan North, New York Times best-selling author of The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl

“A celebration of the creative spirit in all of us!”—Rob Harrell, author of Wink

Brewster Gaines loves everything about making videos. The planning, the filming, the editing, and especially the feeling of watching his YouTube views tick up and up. So what if he doesn’t have friends to film with or parents who are home every night for dinner? He’s got a phone and a tripod and a lofty goal:

A million views.

But when he enlists the acting chops of charismatic new kid Carly for a ten-second video, he gets more than he bargained for. Her intimidating friend Rosa soon steps in with funding to produce an epic fantasy trailer, and before long, their tiny team is adding cast and crew. What started as a simple shoot mutates into a full-fledged movie production, complete with method-acting cosplayers, special effects, and a monster made out of a go-kart. That’s when Brewster realizes that getting to a million views may be harder than he ever imagined . . .

About The Author

Aaron Starmer was born in northern California and raised in the suburbs of Syracuse, New York. Before pursuing writing full-time, he worked in New York City for over ten years as an editor for a travel bookseller and as an operations director for an African safari company. His middle grade and young adult novels have been translated into multiple languages and have appeared on best of the year lists from Time magazine, the Wall Street Journal, New York Public Library, YALSA, Bank Street College of Education, Chicago Public Library, and School Library Journal. His novel Spontaneous was recently made into a film. He lives in Vermont with his wife and two daughters.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Reading_ on December 21, 2022

Disinterested parents. Characters are somehow boring like youngsters can do whatever they want when it comes to the internet and getting views. It doesn’t work like that. Yes, it’s fiction. But it’s not convincing as it should be.......more

Goodreads review by Alex on February 12, 2023

Brewster Gaines is determined to make a 10 video to put on YouTube that will get a million views. So far, his videos haven't come close to that number, so the next one needs to be great. Since it requires a person to easily fall backwards into a shallow hole after being pushed, he recruits Carly, a......more

Goodreads review by Rebecca on March 31, 2024

A Maine Student Book Award Nominee for 23|24. Brewster Gaines is used to doing things on his own. That includes making videos. His goal is for one of his videos to get a million views on YouTube. When he asks a classmate to fall into a hole, it’s the beginning of a beautiful journey towards friendsh......more

Goodreads review by LitPick Book Reviews on October 23, 2022

A Million Views features a kid named Brewster Gaines. He loves posting his videos on YouTube and watching his views go up and up and up, always trying to reach for that seven digit number: one million views. However, his videos have always been a little underfunded or more accurately, unfunded. He h......more


Quotes

“Lights, cameras, AND action! A celebration of the creative spirit in all of us! This story has a lot of heart and a ton of fun. It charmed my inner twelve-year-old wannabe filmmaker!”—Rob Harrell, author of Wink
 
A Million Views turns its lens on YouTube fame in a way that’s fun, educational, and inspiring. Its relatable characters and super satisfying story make it not just worth a view . . . they make it a hit.”—Ryan North, New York Times best-selling author of The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl

“A well-rounded, heartfelt tale of creativity and family.”—Kirkus Reviews, starred review

"Gentle humor buoys personal growth in this character-driven novel of filmmaking and found family by Starmer."—Publishers Weekly

"Starmer delivers his signature offbeat humor here through quirky secondary characters and quippy narration."—Booklist