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1) Passengers
Pub. Date
2017
Description
Two passengers board a spaceship transporting them to a new life on another planet. The trip takes a deadly turn when their hibernation pods mysteriously wake them 90 years before they reach their destination. As Jim and Aurora try to unravel the mystery behind the malfunction, they begin to fall for each other, unable to deny their intense attraction, only to be threatened by the imminent collapse of the ship and the discovery of the truth behind...
3) Inkheart
Pub. Date
[2009]
Description
When Mo Folchart reads a story aloud, the characters leap off the page. Literally. And that's a problem. One night he brings out three characters from Inkheart, a story set in medieval times and filled with magical beings. Capricorn and Basta are two villains. Dustfinger is a fire-eater. Now, 10 years later Mo's daughter, Meggie, discovers the truth and it's up to her to escape Capricorn's evil grasp. Mo has been searching for a long lost book that...
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Adela Quested is a plucky young woman who journeys from England with the free-spirited Mrs. Moore. Flouting convention, the two women accompany the handsome Dr. Azis on a tour of the mysterious Marabar Caves. But things turn ugly when Adela returns scratched and bloodied from the expedition. As British authorities urge her to press charges against Aziz, the line separating truth and fantasy begin to blur.
5) The covenant
Pub. Date
[2023]
Description
Guy Ritchie's The Covenant follows US Army Sergeant John Kinley (Jake Gyllenhaal) and Afghan interpreter Ahmed (Dar Salim). After an ambush, Ahmed goes to Herculean lengths to save Kinley's life. When Kinley learns that Ahmed and his family were not given safe passage to America as promised, he must repay his debt by returning to the war zone to retrieve them before the Taliban hunts them down first.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.8 - AR Pts: 15
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When fifteen-year-old Alexander Cold accompanies his individualistic grandmother on an expedition to find a humanoid Beast in the Amazon, he experiences ancient wonders and a supernatural world as he tries to avert disaster for the Indians.
Pub. Date
c2011
Description
Stone cold: "Chief of Police Jesse Stone must track down a pair of serial killers and lead an investigation while trying to recover from alcoholism."-- Container.
Jesse Stone: death in paradise: "Jesse Stone is a small-town police chief whose investigation into the death of a troubled teenager leads him to suspect a prominent philanthropist and author."-- Container.
Jesse Stone: night passage: "After moving to a quaint Massachusetts town, troubled...
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Alice Paul and Lucy Burns were two defiant suffragist women who fought for the passage of the 19th Amendment. The two activists broke from the mainstream women's rights movement and created a more radical wing, daring to push the boundaries to secure women's voting rights in 1920. In a country dominated by chauvinism, this is no easy fight. Along the way, sacrifices are made: Alice gives up a chance for love, and colleague Inez Mulholland gives up...
11) The Godfather
Series
Description
Revenge, envy, and parent-child conflict mix with the rituals of Italian mob life in America. Includes fully restored film and the original and provocative Director's commentary.
Pub. Date
2014
Description
Armed with more power and greater responsibility, Ragnar's desire to seek out and conquer new kingdoms remains unquenchable. Loyalties shift as friends turn to foes and unlikely alliances are formed. Amidst all the war and political confusion, not a single soul is spared in the name of supremacy.
13) Safe Passage
Pub. Date
2004
Description
Recently estranged from her husband, a mother of seven sons is poised to pursue a whole new way of life when tragedy strikes.
Pub. Date
c2010
Description
Stone cold: "Chief of Police Jesse Stone must track down a pair of serial killers and lead an investigation while trying to recover from alcoholism."-- Container.
Jesse Stone: death in paradise: "Jesse Stone is a small-town police chief whose investigation into the death of a troubled teenager leads him to suspect a prominent philanthropist and author."-- Container.
Jesse Stone: night passage: "After moving to a quaint Massachusetts town, troubled...
Pub. Date
2009.
Description
Season Two contains worlds (and alternative worlds) of excitement complete with shape-shifters, cryonic heads, belly-dwelling beasts, and people who turn to ashes before our eyes. But the overarching narrative takes three clandestine FBI agents, Olivia Dunham, Peter Bishop, and Walter Bishop, through a mind-bending investigation of a parallel reality that threatens to destroy ours.
17) Dumbo
Series
Pub. Date
2011
Description
The stork delivers a baby elephant to Mrs. Jumbo, who happens to be a veteran of the circus, but the newborn is soon ridiculed because of his truly gigantic ears and is dubbed "Dumbo". Dumbo is relegated to the circus' clown acts. It is up to Dumbo's only true friend, Timothy Q. Mouse, to assist Dumbo to achieve his full potential.
18) El pasaje
Author
Pub. Date
2010
Description
The latest test subject in a covert government experiment, abandoned six-year-old Amy is rescued by an FBI agent who hides them in the Oregon hills, from which Amy emerges a century later to save the human race from a terrifying virus.
Pub. Date
2001
Description
It's 1939, the heyday of radio. Larry Abbot and Vickie Pearle who star in a spine-tingling series of terror tales, are getting married. The wedding is set to take place in the Abbot family mansion, where Great Aunt Kate lives amidst howling storms, flickering candles, secret passages, and deranged servants. Since Larry, whom she raised from childhood, seems to be the least likely of being a werewolf, she's leaving her fortune to him. But he has to...
20) Dark Passage
Pub. Date
2005
Description
Vincent Parry, a man unjustly accused of murdering his wife, escapes from San Quentin and sets out to clear his name; but, he needs the help of someone he can trust. He finds both help and love in Irene, a San Francisco artist who is convinced he's innocent.
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