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Who Is George Lucas?
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Penguin Young Readers Group 2014
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As a child his passions were comics and cars, but George Lucas grew up to be one of the most successful filmmakers of all time.  He is a producer, screenwriter, director and entrepreneur whose company Lucasfilms pioneered the movie effects that changed the world of animation. He founded Industrial Light and Magic, which transformed special sound and visual effects throughout the Hollywood film industry. He is best known, of course, as the creator of the Star Wars movie, television, gaming, toy and merchandise empire, as well as the archeologist-adventure series Indiana Jones.  Discover the man behind the magic in Who Is George Lucas?

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Kindle Book, OverDrive Read
Street Date:
05/01/2014
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780698171879
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MG
Level 6.2, 1 Points
Lexile measure:
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Pam Pollack. (2014). Who Is George Lucas? Penguin Young Readers Group.

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Pam Pollack. 2014. Who Is George Lucas? Penguin Young Readers Group.

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Pam Pollack, Who Is George Lucas? Penguin Young Readers Group, 2014.

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Pam Pollack. Who Is George Lucas? Penguin Young Readers Group, 2014.

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