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121) Atonement: a novel
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 22
Language
English
Description
In 1935 England, thirteen-year-old Briony Tallis witnesses an event involving her sister Cecilia and her childhood friend Robbie Turner, and she becomes the victim of her own imagination, which leads her on a lifelong search for truth and absolution.
Author
Publisher
Canelo
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Description
A wartime love—across enemy lines. “The strong writing, with its attention to detail, wonderful descriptions and authentic dialogue, holds our attention.” —Historical Novel Society
When widow Millie Sanger finds injured enemy pilot Lukas Schiller on her farm, the distant war is suddenly at her doorstep. Compassionate Millie knows he’ll be killed if discovered, and makes the dangerous...
When widow Millie Sanger finds injured enemy pilot Lukas Schiller on her farm, the distant war is suddenly at her doorstep. Compassionate Millie knows he’ll be killed if discovered, and makes the dangerous...
123) Scream
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
2022
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (114 minutes) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Twenty-five years after a streak of brutal murders shocked the quiet town of Woodsboro, a new killer has donned the Ghostface mask and begins targeting a group of teenagers to resurrect secrets from the town's deadly past. Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox and David Arquette return to their iconic roles in Scream alongside Melissa Barrera, Mason Gooding, Dylan Minnette, Jenna Ortega, Jack Quaid, and Marley Shelton.
124) The polar express
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Language
English
Description
When a doubting young boy takes an extraordinary train ride to the North Pole, he embarks on a journey of self-discovery that shows him that the wonder of life never fades for those who believe.
126) A walk in the woods
Publisher
Broad Green Pictures
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 104 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Celebrated travel writer Bill Bryson, instead of retiring to enjoy his family, challenges himself to hike the Appalachian Trail --2,190 miles of America's most unspoiled, spectacular, and rugged countryside, much to the chagrin of his wife. The peace and tranquility he hopes to find, though, is anything but, when the only person he can find willing to join him on the trek is his long-lost former friend Katz, a down-on-his-luck serial philanderer.
127) Knives Out
Publisher
Anchor Bay
Pub. Date
2020
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 130 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A tribute to mystery mastermind Agatha Christie and a fun, modern-day murder mystery where everyone is a suspect. When renowned crime novelist Harlan Thrombey is found dead at his estate just after his 85th birthday, the inquisitive and debonair Detective Benoit Blanc is mysteriously enlisted to investigate. From Harlan’s dysfunctional family to his devoted staff, Blanc sifts through a web of red herrings and self-serving lies to uncover the...
128) Tomorrowland
Pub. Date
2015
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (130 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Bound by a shared destiny, former boy-genius Frank, jaded by disillusionment, and Casey, a bright, optimistic teen bursting with scientific curiosity, embark on a danger-filled mission to unearth the secrets of an enigmatic place somewhere in time and space known only as "Tomorrowland". What they must do there changes the world-and them-forever.
129) Like Dandelion Dust
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Formats
Description
Karen Kingsbury delivers a powerful new novel about two parents' love for their child and the surprising lengths they will go to keep their family together when a judge rules that their adopted son must be returned to his biological father.
Pub. Date
2017
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (approximately 630 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Against the backdrop of post-World War II Australia, Sarah Adams is a nurse who becomes involved in the affairs of the wealthy Bligh family. It is dealing with themes such as anti-Semitism, sexuality, and social class.
Pub. Date
2017
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (418 min.) sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Abby O'Brien Winters returns to Chesapeake Shores when she receives a panicked phone call from her younger sister Jess, who has renovated the charming Inn at Eagle Point. The Maryland town her father built has many sad memories and Abby, thanks to her demanding career, divorce and young twin daughters, has not had time to spare. Saving the inn from foreclosure means dealing not only with her fractured family but also with Trace Riley, the man she...
132) Beauty and the beast
Series
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Formats
Description
The fantastic journey of Belle, a bright, beautiful, and independent young woman who is taken prisoner by a beast in his castle. Despite her fears, she befriends the castle's enchanted staff and learns to look beyond the Beast's hideous exterior and realize the kind heart and soul of the true Prince within.
Author
Publisher
Algonquin Books
Language
English
Formats
Description
Leavitt’s new novel, Days of Wonder, is coming April 23, 2024. Pre-order now!
In 1956, Ava Lark rents a house with her twelve-year-old son, Lewis, in a desirable Boston suburb. Ava is beautiful, divorced, Jewish, and a working mom. She finds her neighbors less than welcoming. Lewis yearns for his absent father, befriending the only other fatherless kids: Jimmy and Rose. One afternoon, Jimmy goes missing. The
134) Ticket to paradise
Author
Publisher
SDS
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (104 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A divorced couple travels to Bali together to try to stop their daughter's wedding.
Pub. Date
2015
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (91 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Heather is an attractive softball player, who is used to winning but tends to strike out with guys. Tyler is a charming baseball player, who has never kissed a girl. so what happens when Heather tries to get his first kiss, and Tyler tries to win her heart to help launch his baseball career? It results in a head-on competition where both competitive and romantic sparks fly. However, will their differing religious beliefs keep them apart?
136) Selma
Pub. Date
2015
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (128 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Formats
Description
The true story of courage and hope that changed the world forever, this film shares Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s historical struggle to secure voting rights for all people. A dangerous and terrifying campaign that culminated with an epic march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama in 1964.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 2
Physical Desc
85 p. : col. ill. ; 27 cm.
Language
English
Formats
Description
A collection of short one-person plays featuring characters, between ten and fifteen years old, who live in or near a thirteenth-century English manor.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (162 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In 1969 Los Angeles, where everything is changing, TV star Rick Dalton and his longtime stunt double Cliff Booth make their way around an industry they hardly recognize anymore.
Pub. Date
2018
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (425 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Season two of the multi-generational family drama follows Abby O'Brien, a high-powered career woman, divorcee and mother to twin daughters, as she adjusts to life back in her hometown of Chesapeake Shores. Abby now balances a budding relationship with her former high school sweetheart. Trace, working for a firm that does business with her uncompromising father Mick and raising two young daughters.