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1) Corduroy
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
The classic original Corduroy story, issued in a larger board book format. A toy bear in a department store wants a number of things, but when a little girl finally buys him he finds what he has always wanted most of all.
2) 1984
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.9 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
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Description
A dictatorship called Big Brother rules the people in a collectivist society where Winston Smith works in the Ministry of Truth. Winston joins the underground where he becomes involved in a forbidden love affair.
Language
English
Description
The fact-based story of Bill Tilghman, a lawman and former partner of Wyatt Earp, who confronts a new era when outlaws run whiskey instead of cattle and are as likely to tote a tommy gun as a six-gun. Tilghman makes a moving picture of his Old West exploits and the success of that silent film, "The Passing of the Oklahoma Outlaws," spreads his reputation like a brushfire. But that reputation may mean nothing to a thug who hides behind a badge.
Language
English
Description
Toula is a quiet, devoted daughter in a big, crazy Greek family. Working in her father's restaurant, she hides behind her family and keeps the world at a distance. One day at the restaurant she finds herself pouring coffee for a man who inspires her to change her life, and the way she sees the world ... forever.
6) Van Helsing
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Video
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Legendary 19th-century monster hunter Van Helsing is sent to mysterious Transylvania to battle the evil Dracula is trying to release with the unwilling help of Frankestein's monster and a wolf-man.
7) Risen
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Clavius, a powerful Roman Military Tribune, and his aide Lucius, are tasked with solving the mystery of what happened to Jesus in the weeks following the crucifixion, in order to disprove the rumors of a risen Messiah and prevent an uprising in Jerusalem.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 11.3 - AR Pts: 42
Language
English
Description
"A swashbuckling epic of chivalry, honor, and derring-do, it is set in France during the 1620s and richly populated with romantic heroes, unattainable heroines, kings, queens, cavaliers, and criminals in a whirl of adventure, espionage, conspiracy, murder, vengeance, love, scandal, and suspense. Dumas transforms major and minor historical figures into larger-than-life characters: the brave d'Artagnan, an impetuous young man in pursuit of glory; the...
Series
Pub. Date
1969.
Language
English
Description
Clint Eastwood is a 19th century adventurer who rescues Shirley MacLaine, a nun, from a group of would-be rapists. The nun decides to tag along with Eastwood who's joining a band of Mexican revolutionaries fighting against the French occupation of Mexico. On his way to overtaking the enemy's garrison, a romance develops and he discovers the nun is really a prostitute!
10) Rio
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Blu es una exótica ave mascota que piensa que es el último de de su especie. Sin embargo, cuando su dueña se entera de la existencia de Perla, una hembra como Blu, en Río de Janiero, emprenden la aventura de sus vidas."--envase.
A comedy-adventure that centers on Blu, a flightless macaw who acts more human than bird. When Blu, the last of his kind, discovers there's another, and that she's a she, he embarks on an adventure to magical Rio. There...
11) Oliver Twist
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
The story of Oliver Twist - orphaned, and set upon by evil and adversity from his first breath - shocked readers when it was published. After running away from the workhouse and pompous beadle Mr Bumble, Oliver finds himself lured into a den of thieves peopled by vivid and memorable characters - the Artful Dodger, vicious burglar Bill Sikes, his dog Bull's Eye, and prostitute Nancy, all watched over by cunning master-thief Fagin. Combining elements...