Tween rock and a hard place

Hannah Montana doesn't actually exist but she is real enough to sell $2,000 pop concert tickets at the age of 15.

For those without 'tween-agers' who have missed the phenomenon of Disney's Hannah Montana television series, here is a guide: Hannah is the show's title character, the secret pop star alter-ego of unpopular schoolgirl Miley Stewart, who is played by 15-year-old actress/singer Miley Cyrus, whose real name is Destiny Hope Cyrus.

The dark heart of this story is that whatever her hopes, young Miley seems destined to be the next train wreck of teenage stardom. The paps are riveted while upmarket media pundits ponder the legacy of Lolita, the novel of forbidden love which