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1) Big Fish
Pub. Date
p2004, c2003
Description
As his father Edward lies on his deathbed, William Bloom attempts to get to know him beyond the tall tales he tells about his life, and learns to understand and accept him along the way.
Pub. Date
[2003]
Description
From producer Jerry Bruckheimer (PEARL HARBOR) comes PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: THE CURSE OF THE BLACK PEARL, the thrilling high-seas adventure with a mysterious twist. The roguish yet charming Captain Jack Sparrow's (Academy Award(R) Nominee Johnny Depp) idyllic pirate life capsizes after his nemesis, the wily Captain Barbossa (Geoffrey Rush), steals his ship, the Black Pearl, and later attacks the town of Port Royal, kidnapping the governor's beautiful...
Pub. Date
[2003]
Description
Bruce Nolan is a discontented TV reporter who believes the entire universe is stacked against him. After a bad day, Bruce flies into a rage and blames God for making his life so miserable. God responds by endowing Bruce with all of His divine powers and challenges him to take on "The Big Job" to see if he can do it any better.
Author
Pub. Date
c2009
Description
A city of Whos on a speck of dust are threatened with destruction until the smallest Who of all helps convince Horton's friends that Whos really exist.
"Voici l'histoire du sympathique ��l��phant Horton, qui parvient, �� force de courage, �� sauver les microscopiques habitants d'un grain de poussi��re"--P. [4] of cover.
10) Holes
Pub. Date
c2003
Description
Young Stanley Yelnats finds himself at Camp Green Lake, where digging a hole a day keeps the warden at bay and "builds character". An ancient family curse still dogs Stanley and he's thrown headlong into the adventure of his life. Stanley and his campmates will have to forge fast friendships to unearth the mystery of what's really going on in the desert.
11) Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Pub. Date
[2005]
Description
John and Jane Smith are a married couple who are beginning to get bored with their quiet domestic life. What they don't know, however, is that they are both assassins, secretly traveling around the world and killing for hire. But their separate lives are about to collide when they discover they are each other's next target.
12) The iron giant
Description
Hogarth Hughes just rescued an enormous robot that fell from the stars to Earth. Now young Hogarth has one very big friend and an even bigger problem: how do you keep a 50-foot-tall, steel-eating giant a secret?
14) Un, deux, trois
Pub. Date
1995
Description
An illustrated collection of twenty-five traditional French nursery rhymes including a section explaining some common phrases and giving background information on the rhymes and how to use them in games.
15) Entrapment
Pub. Date
c1999
Description
A solitary master thief and an insurance company investigator team up for a multibillion-dollar heist.
Author
Pub. Date
c2002
Description
Through colorful everyday scenes, lively depictions of common objects, and a sing-along CD, children will learn simple vocabulary words in Spanish or French. Activities related to the scenes test comprehension using repetition, providing an exciting yet success-oriented learning experience.
18) First Knight
Description
This is a new vision of King Arthur's Camelot. A vision of breathtaking battles, heart-pounding courage, of the undeniable love that brought an entire kingdom to its knees ... and the undying passion that made it live forever.
19) Boreal-express
Author
Series
Pub. Date
c1986
Description
A magical train ride on Christmas Eve takes a boy to the North Pole to receive a special gift from Santa Claus.
Description
This time, the legendary Zorro fights against evil-doers with the help of his beautiful wife, Elena, and their precocious young son, Joaquin. Alejandro De LaVega is torn between two worlds: his life as Zorro and his life as a family man. After Alejandro once again breaks his promise to stop wearing the mask, Elena leaves him, and she soon begins seeing Armand, a haughty French Count. But a mysterious explosion in the desert leads Zorro to believe...