Catch the acting bug with this engaging career guide! ""Virtual Apprentice: Actor"" introduces young readers to fun career possibilities on screen and on stage. Featuring a behind-the-scenes look at this exciting industry, this new career guide includes profiles of working professionals, 'Reality Check' sidebars, and 'A Day in the Life' activity list to help aspiring actors with their career exploration. Filled with full-color and black-and-white photographs, this illustrated guide allows readers to learn the ins and outs of being an actor.Chapters include: Acting Now and Then; Actor at Work; Acting Tech and Trends; Lights! Camera! Action; Supporting Roles; Kids Ask, Actors Answer; and, Actor for a Day.

 

 

This book is part of a book series called Virtual Apprentice .

There are 64 pages in this book.

It is aimed at Young Adult readers. The term Young Adult (YA) is used for books which have the following characteristics: (1) aimed at ages 12-18 years, US grades 7-12, UK school years 8-15, (2) around 50-75k words long, (3) main character is aged 12-18 years, (4) topics include self-reflection, internal conflict vs external, analyzing life and its meaning, (5) point of view is often in the first person, and (6) swearing, violence, romance and sexuality are allowed.

This book was published in 2009 by Facts On File Inc .

Don Rauf helped write the Career Ideas for Teens series for Facts On File and Checkmark Books and currently resides in Seattle, Washington. Monique Vescia is a contributor to the Scholastic BookFiles series of reading guides for middle-school kids and to the Career Ideas for Teens series for Facts On File and Checkmark Books. She lives in Seattle, Washington.