Download or read book Child Star written by Shirley Temple and published by Grand Central Pub. This book was released on 1989 with total page 563 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shirley Temple. She was a curly-topped moppet with a saucy grin that lit up the screen and an irrepressible spirit that won America's heart. But what was life really like for this extraordinary child growing up on the back lots and sound stages of Hollywood? This BOMC alternate reveals the ups and downs of stardom at age four and tells the funny, poignant, heartwarming chronicle of Shirley's journey to the pinnacle of stardom. A New York Times bestseller.