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"A brilliantly funny and razor-tongued debut which follows a writer lured to Los Angeles to adapt her feminist mermaid novel into a big-budget action film, who believes her heroine has come to life to take revenge for Hollywood's violations. Penelope Schleeman, a consistently broke Connecticut high school teacher, is as surprised as anyone when her sensitive debut novel, "American Mermaid"-the story of a wheelchair-bound scientist named Sylvia who...
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Publisher
Pebble, a Capstone imprint
Pub. Date
[2023]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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"Movies are fun to watch with your family and friends. Who are the people who create these entertaining escapes? From special effects artists to writers to animal trainers, many people work together to serve the needs of a movie set. Learn about their important work in this book from the Wonderful Workplaces series"--
"Movies are fun to watch with your family and friends. Who are the people who create these entertaining escapes? From special effects...
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A Tor.com Most Anticipated Book of 2019. A PureWow “Book We Cant Wait to Read in 2019”. A Bustle Nonfiction Book Coming Out In 2019 To Start Getting Excited About. The Lady from the Black Lagoon uncovers the life and work of Milicent Patrickone of Disneys first female animators and the only woman in history to create one of Hollywoods classic movie monsters. As a teenager, Mallory OMeara was thrilled to discover that one of her favorite movies,...
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Dutton Books
Pub. Date
©2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 11
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English
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While working as a film production designer in Los Angeles, Emi finds a mysterious letter from a silver screen legend which leads Emi to Ava who is about to expand Emi's understanding of family, acceptance, and true romance.
5) She Said
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
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New York Times reporters Megan Twohey and Jodi Kantor break one of the most important stories in a generation, a story that helped launch the #MeToo movement and shattered decades of silence around the subject of sexual assault in Hollywood.
6) The Artist
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
George Valentin is a silent movie superstar who is losing his job and Peppy Miller is a young extra who has many prospects in her career.
In 1927, George Valentin is a silent movie superstar. However, the advent of the talkies will kill his career and he will sink into oblivion. For young extra Peppy Miller, it seems the sky's the limit as major movie stardom awaits. Though their careers are taking different paths their destinies will become entwined...
8) Babylon
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
A tale of outsized ambition and outrageous excess, Babylon traces the rise and fall of multiple characters during an era of unbridled decadence and depravity in early Hollywood.
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When P.L. Travers travels from London to Hollywood in 1961 to finally discuss Walt Disney's desire to bring her beloved character, Mary Poppins to the motion picture screen (a quest he began in the 1940s as a promise to his two daughters), Disney meets a prim, uncompromising sexagenarian not only suspect of the impresario's concept for the film, but a woman struggling with her own past. During her stay in California, Travers' reflects back on her...
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