The subplot involving David Reardon's photograph being published in a tabloid magazine was featured in the 1983 novel "The Kids From Fame 2" by Lisa Todd (pseudonym for Stephen Gallagher), spread out over chapters 4, 7, 11, 15. 16 & 17. In the book, Reardon gets his revenge on Bernie Rettig by having several suppliers of fertilizer dump their products in Bernie's front yard.