hollywood (los angeles, calif.)

Recent high school graduate Samantha Rose is shaken from her bookish existence when her uncle arranges for her to move in with him and her spoiled cousin Kate in California to take a summer internship at a Hollywood film development company.

Lulu is at Hearst Castle, competing for the role of a lifetime, when a rival actress is found dead and Lulu and Freddie must race to find the killer before Lulu becomes the next target.

Now a major canine movie star, Ghengis Khan, also known as Duz, finds himself in serious competition for the Oscar in the category of best male actor.

Looks at Hollywood and its history.

Kate has to move to Hollywood to live with her washed-up silent film star grandfather, she walks into a murder scene and finds herself on the front page. Now, Kate must discover the killer while working on the set of a musical--and falling in love. Will her stars align so she can catch the murderer and live the dream in Old Hollywood? Or will she find that she's just chasing starlight?.

"[Explores the history of] Hollywood--the film capital of the world. Developed in the 1880s by Midwesterners looking for a sunny winter getaway, Hollywood was a small housing development outside still-small Los Angeles. But everything changed in the early 1900s when filmmakers from New York flocked to the area, where they could make movies without having to pay Thomas Edison's patent fee . . . Readers will take a journey from the Golden Age of Hollywood to the present-day film industry, learning all about what turned lush farmland into Tinseltown"--Provided by publisher.

Clifford, the big red dog, becomes a star in Hollywood, but something is missing from his life.

Suspects abound when William Desmond Taylor, a successful director, is found shot in his home during the early days of Hollywood.

Having moved from Anaheim to Hollywood, California, so her sister can star in a television sitcom, shy and lonely Jessica tries to discover who is selling unflattering stories about her sibling to the tabloids.

"Finally, London Phillips is defying her domineering mother and taking control of her life. But she's striking back with a weapon that could destroy her future--and her last chance at real love..."--Back cover.