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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Fields, Jan.
Asking questions about how Hollywood movies get made / by Jan Fields.
pages cm. -- (Asking questions about media)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-1-63362-488-7 (hardcover : alk. paper) -- ISBN 978-1-63362-504-4 (pbk. : alk. paper) -- ISBN 978-1-63362-520-4
(pdf ebook) -- ISBN 978-1-63362-536-5 (hosted ebook)
1. Motion pictures--United States--History and criticism--Juvenile literature. I. Title.
PN1993.5.U6F465 2015
791.430973--dc23
2015005523
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Jan Fields is a teacher, writer, and passionate film fan. She has written more than 20 books for
young people, both fiction and nonfiction. With a passion for storytelling and action, she just
might try writing a screenplay of her own someday!
