Booboo Stewart: Twilight’s Breakout Idol
Written by Marcia Amidon Lusted
Middle school students will be interested in movie stars and most of them have an opinion of the movie and books centered on Twilight, the movie Booboo Stewart is best known for. Booboo Stewart: Twilight’s Breakout Idol is a good start for sixth grade level readers and a great introduction to nonfiction biographies.
Teachers will appreciate the Action movie star series because it represents more than the hype of Hollywood. Sixth grade student readers will enjoy a complete picture of how Booboo Stewart started in his movie career. The book is broken into short chapters covering topics like how he started his singing career, how he made it initially in Hollywood, and how the part in the movie Twilight came to be.
The author gets to the heart of what interests Booboo Stewart and his goals for the future. This is a perfect introduction to sixth grade lessons on career planning, personal talent goals, and helping the sixth grade student begin making a plan for success. Although most sixth grade students may not aspire to reach for Hollywood, this biography gives students a stepping stone to discussing what it is in life that they would like to do.
The book is realistic and offers sixth grade level reading students encouragement to include charity, goal setting, and positive standards into their own life plan. The book is a challenging for the sixth grade level student and offers reading and comprehension at this level which will also encourage reading for pleasure making reading fun.
Title: Booboo Stewart: Twilight’s Breakout Idol- Author: Marcia Amidon Lusted
- Publisher: Lerner Publication Company, 2013
- ISBN: 978-1-4677-0746-6
- Reviewer: Terri Forehand
- Genre: Middle grade, Nonfiction
- Hardcover: 32 pages
- Lexile: 990
