Campbell Scott
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 28
Language
English
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Novel based on Hemingway's experiences covering the Spanish Civil War for the North American Newspaper Alliance that tells the story of a young American in the International Brigades attached to an antifascist guerilla unit in the mountains of Spain
3) Be cool
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English
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The adventures of a small-time mobster in his new profession as a Hollywood film producer. He is Chili Palmer, a former loan shark, and the novel is the story of him making a film while avoiding getting killed. By the author of Get Shorty.
4) The reader
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
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At the age of fifteen, Michael Berg falls in love with a woman who disappears, and while observing a trial as a law student years later, he is shocked to discover the same woman as the defendant in a horrible crime.
INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER • Hailed for its coiled eroticism and the moral claims it makes upon the reader, this mesmerizing novel is a story of love and secrets, horror and compassion, unfolding against the haunted landscape of postwar...
5) Clinton
Series
Publisher
PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
In the tradition of American Experience's acclaimed Presidents series, Clinton provides an intimate, honest, balanced look at the 42nd president's life, career, and legacy. The definitive biography tracks William Jefferson Clinton from his difficult childhood in Hope, Arkansas, through his meteoric rise in state politics, to the highs and lows of his tumultuous presidency.
Series
Royal Pains volume 6
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2014?]
Language
English
Description
After Dr. Hank Lawson returns to the Hamptons from his travels abroad with Boris, he quickly realizes coming home isn't always as easy as it seems.
7) The draft
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
This is the story of how a single issue continues to redefine a nation, presenting a vivid look at a controversial American institution. Americans have grappled with the tension between liberty and obligation throughout all its major wars, and takes viewers inside this story, bringing to life the violent battles and vital discussions over mandatory military service.
Historians, veterans, politicians, and anti-war leaders discuss the history of the...
Series
Publisher
Universal Studios
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Singleton Hank resolves to settle down with 'The One,' just as soon as he finds her. Meanwhile, new homeowners Evan and Paige decide to add another member to their family, which proves to be more difficult than expected. Boris becomes involved in a secret mission of great importance and discovers that he'll need both Lawson brothers to complete it, while Divya does a favor for a man who may turn out to be her Prince Charming.
Publisher
Grindstone
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Reporter Porter Wren meets attractive widow Caroline and she asks him to solve the bizarre death of her filmmaker husband, Wren is unable to refuse, or resist her. But when a rich mogul blackmails him into investigating Caroline, the reporter realizes this job could cost him everything.
Publisher
distributed by Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
Phoebe is an imaginative but troubled girl with a desperate longing to be in her school's production of Alice in Wonderland. When she is cast in the lead role her parents believe her unusual behavior is due to her creativity, but soon realize that she is on the brink of falling through the looking glass herself.
11) Still mine
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
An exquisitely mounted and deeply affecting story about one man's determination to create a home for his ailing wife as they enter their twilight years. Based on actual events, that proves love is the ultimate triumph.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Description
In an extremely rare decision, the Catholic Church officially recognized the demonic possession of a 19 year-old college freshman. Told in terrifying flashbacks, it chronicles the haunting trial of the priest accused of negligence resulting in the death of the young girl believed to be possessed. Middle-aged single lawyer defends Father Moore, a priest on trial for the negligent homicide of a young girl named Emily Rose.
13) The love letter
Series
Hallmark Hall of Fame volume 28
Publisher
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Pub. Date
2002, c1998
Language
English
Description
When Scotty discovers a poignant letter written by a mysterious woman called Lizzie he cannot get her out of his mind. Putting thoughts of his upcoming wedding aside, he is compelled to write Lizzie a letter of his own. A romantic correspondence ensues and flourishes into a love so powerful, not even a century and a half of time can keep them apart. Spanning an era from the Civil War to the present day, the perils of Lizzie's war torn present threaten...
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
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Four years after the destruction of Isla Nublar, dinosaurs now live and hunt alongside humans all over the world. This fragile balance will reshape the future and determine, once and for all, whether human beings are to remain the apex predators on a planet they now share with history's most fearsome creatures in a New Era.
Two generations unite to fight in the battle between humanity and the prehistoric past.
Publisher
Columbia Pictures
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Peter Parker finds a clue that might help him understand why his parents disappeared when he was young. His path puts him on a collision course with Dr. Curt Connors, his father's former partner.
This is story of Peter Parker, an outcast high schooler who was abandoned by his parents as a boy, leaving him to be raised by his Uncle Ben and Aunt May. Peter is trying to figure out who he is and how he got to be the person he is today. As Peter discovers...
16) The shining
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English
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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • ONE OF TIME MAGAZINE'S 100 BEST MYSTERY AND THRILLER BOOKS OF ALL TIME • Before Doctor Sleep, there was The Shining, a classic of modern American horror. Jack Torrance takes a job as the caretaker of the remote Overlook Hotel. As the brutal winter sets in, the hotel's dark secrets begin to unravel.
“An undisputed master of suspense and terror.”...
“An undisputed master of suspense and terror.”...
17) Duma
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
The powerful tale of an unbreakable bond of friendship between a cheetah named Duma and a courageous young boy named Xan. Xan faces the true test of love when he must cross the wilds of Southern Africa to return his best friend to his rightful home.
Author
Series
MaddAddam trilogy volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
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A novel of the future explores a world that has been devastated by ecological and scientific disasters.
19) Hug machine
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
The hug machine is available to hug anyone, any time, whether they are square or long, spikey or soft.
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
Return with Dr. Hank Lawson to the Hamptons, where the tides are high, bank account balances are higher, and the patients are just high maintenance. Because of his strong convictions and straight-shooting style, the 'concierge doctor's' practice is growing, and with the return of his estranged father, so is his family. See puzzling cases involving a faithful cop with an STD, a winemaker with a troubled palate, and a reality show where all the contestants...