title: I Am A Star (level 1) (Hello Reader, Science)
author:  Jean Marzollo 
description: JEAN MARZOLLO has written many award-winning children's books, including the I Spy books, the I Spy Little books, and Happy Birthday, Martin Luther King. Jean lives with her husband, Claudio, in New York State's Hudson Valley.
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  _for fionnuala_
  
  CONTENTS
  
    1. Part I: A STAR IS BORN
    2. BARBARA STANWYCK
  
      1. Chapter 1
      2. Chapter 2
      3. Chapter 3
      4. Chapter 4
      5. Chapter 5
      6. Chapter 6
      7. Chapter 7
      8. Chapter 8
      9. Chapter 9
      10. Chapter 10
    3. Part II: ALL RIGHT, MR DEMILLE, I’M READY FOR MY CLOSE-UP
    4. VERONICA LAKE
  
      1. Chapter 11
      2. Chapter 12
      3. Chapter 13
      4. Chapter 14
      5. Chapter 15
      6. Chapter 16
      7. Chapter 17
      8. Chapter 18
      9. Chapter 19
      10. Chapter 20
      11. Chapter 21
    5. Part III: IMMORTALITY BECKONS
    6. LANA TURNER
  
      1. Chapter 22
      2. Chapter 23
      3. Chapter 24
      4. Chapter 25
    7. Part IV: DON’T YOU KNOW WHO I AM?
    8. GENE TIERNEY
  
      1. Chapter 26
      2. Chapter 27
      3. Chapter 28
      4. Chapter 29
    9. Part V: WALK OF FAME
    10. GLORIA SWANSON
  
      1. Chapter 30
      2. Chapter 31
      3. Chapter 32
      4. Chapter 33
    11. FINALE
    12. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  
   **Part I**
  
   _A STAR IS B