(4) YA Authors Teens Love series. This biography tells about the life and amazing publishing success of Stephenie Meyer. That the love story between human Bella and vampire Edward came to Meyer in a dream will not be new information to her die-hard fans, and the text may be too bland for casual readers. Some photographs and pull-quotes help break up the pages. Reading list, timeline, websites. Glos., ind.

Reviewer: Laura A. Woollett

(4) 4-6 Careers in Film and Television series. This series provides an overview of the work actors, set designers, costumers, and makeup artists do. Readers may glean some useful facts from the descriptions of particular actors or productions; less information is provided about daily life in the industry. Boxed text is occasionally inserted into the middle of expositions on other topics. The visuals (mostly movie stills) are generally well chosen. Reading list, websites. Glos., ind. Review covers these Careers in Film and Television titles: So You Want To Be a Film or TV Actor? and So You Want to Work in Set Design, Costuming, or Make-Up?

Reviewer: Miriam Lang Budin

(4) YA Authors Teens Love series. These biographies tell about the lives and works of popular authors. Most of the texts are bland and sometimes repetitive, but fans are occasionally rewarded with interesting tidbits (for example, in I Am the Cheese, Amy Hertz's phone number was actually the phone number of author Cormier). Some photographs and pull-quotes help break up the pages. Reading list, timeline, websites. Glos., ind. Review covers these Authors Teens Love titles: Lois Lowry, Robert Cormier, Richard Peck, S. E. Hinton, and Gary Paulsen.

Reviewer: Laura A. Woollett