Jennette McCurdy rose to prominence as a child actor on the Nickelodeon show iCarly, where she played Sam Puckett. She was a truculent and rebellious teenager who occasionally showed a sweet side.

But McCurdy, a former child actor who played Sam Puckett on the hit Nickelodeon sitcom, “iCarly,” stuck with it. The book has been on the best-seller list over 50 times since its release in 2022.