Robert Sean Leonard
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.3 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
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Description
Jay Gatsby had once loved beautiful, spoiled Daisy Buchanan, then lost her to a rich boy. Now, mysteriously wealthy, he is ready to risk everything to woo her back
"Gatsby embodies the naive American notion that it is possible to invent oneself and persuade the world to accept that definition. Gatsby's youthful neighbor, Nick Carraway, fascinated by both the display of enormous wealth and the essential integrity that he perceives in Gatsby's vision,...
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
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Description
The life of a ten-year-old boy in rural Virginia expands when he becomes friends with a newcomer who subsequently meets an untimely death trying to reach their hideaway, Terabithia, during a storm.
3) Prey
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Formats
Description
Deep in the remote Nevada desert, eight people are trapped inside of the Xymos Corporation by a rapidly evolving swarm of predatory molecules that have massed together to form a powerful and intelligent organism that is targeting its creators.
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2001], c2001
Language
English
Description
When the deaths of 47 sailors on an ill-fated training exercise are blamed on a single despondent crew member, the ship's hardened captain supports the Navy's official position in order to save face. But a skeptical lieutenant with a different theory risks his own reputation and his career to discover the truth behind the tragedy.
6) Safe passage
Publisher
New Line Home Video
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
Description
Recently estranged from her husband, a mother of seven sons is poised to pursue a whole new way of life when tragedy strikes.
Author
Publisher
Arts Music/Warner Music Group
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
The 2017 Broadway revival of Sunday in the Park with George was a highly acclaimed and sold out success. The cast recording features performances from stars Jake Gyllenhaal and Tony Award winner Annaleigh Ashford.
8) Swing kids
Publisher
Hollywood Pictures Home Video
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
Two swing-music loving friends in Nazi Germany must choose between their individual freedom or loyalty to the murderous Third Reich.
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
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Description
With his wedding a week away, Claudio can't wait to marry the beautiful young Hero. To distract him, his best friend Don Pedro devises mischief: a romantic trap for the sharp-tongued Beatrice and the man she loves to hate, Benedick. Their amusement is almost spoiled by the jealous scheming of Don John, but love and laughter prevail when the local constable unwittingly exposes the plot--and all the trouble proves to be much ado about nothing (111 min.)....
10) Driven
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2001
Language
English
Description
A talented veteran driver confronts his past when he is asked to come out of retirement to help with an unfocused, but talented, rookie contender, whose dangerous activities and behavior includes pursuing the girlfriend of his primary racing rival. Shot on location at championship races around the world.
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Based on the best-selling book by Drew Gilpin Faust, this film will explore how the American Civil War created a 'republic of suffering' and will chart the far-reaching social, political, and social changes brought about by the pervasive presence and fear of death during the Civil War.
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