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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 7.3 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Formats
Description
"On the 200th anniversary of the publication of Frankenstein, comes a riveting biography of its author, Mary Shelley, whose life reads like a dark gothic novel, filled with scandal, death, drama, and one of the strangest love stories in literary history"--
A biography of Mary Shelley, author of Frankenstein, reads like a dark gothic novel, filled with scandal, death, drama, and one of the strangest love stories in literary history. Reef discusses...
2) Hamlet
Author
Language
English
Description
Presents the original text of Shakespeare's play side by side with a modern version, discusses the author and the theater of his time, and provides quizzes and other study activities.
Series
Publisher
Hallmark Hall of Fame Productions
Pub. Date
c2007
Edition
Gold Crown collector's ed.
Language
English
Description
"Based on a true story, Crossroads : a Story of Forgiveness follows a family struggling with a sudden loss as they face the future together. When the beloved wife and daughter of Bruce Murakami (Dean Cain) are killed in a tragic accident, he begins a desperate search to find out what actually happened. Aided by a determined lawyer (Peri Gilpin), Bruce discovers that they were innocent victims of a street racing incident and he begins a campaign to...
4) Mr. Nobody
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
In the year 2092, a 118-year-old man recounts the story of his life to a reporter and reflects on the lives he might have lived had he made different choices.
Publisher
Alchemy
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
An innocent woman, accused of murdering her son and hanged as a witch, curses a tree and the children who play around it. The effects of this act of revenge echo through the centuries, and restless spirits haunt the house where the bodies of the cursed children have been buried. A family moves into their new home, and begin to uncover the terrible truth behind the witching tree and the murdered children upon which they unknowingly sleep.
7) The bouquet
Publisher
Gaiam Vivendi
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Two sisters, Mandy and Terri, both somewhat estranged from their family return home to help their mother after their father dies suddenly. Shortly thereafter, they discover that the family florist business has been in decline for some time and that their father had been hiding a secret. The sisters team up to rebuild the company using Terri's marketing savvy and Mandy's knowledge of the area. While doing so, old troubles between the sisters emerge...
Publisher
ARC Entertainment, LLC
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
A young woman returns home to reunite with her estranged family after the bizarre death of her brother. With family secrets, old flames, small-town gossip and an uncomfortable family reunion looming, she must find a way to navigate and accept her past while preserving her present.
9) Two weeks
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Four siblings, now adults, return home to North Carolina, to their terminally ill mother's house for what they think are her final few days. When she hangs on, they find themselves stuck under the same roof for two difficult weeks. But as the children come to terms with their grief, they discover laughter in the midst of sorrow, love in the face of anger, and an opportunity to gain new perspectives on their own lives.
10) Volver
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
Español
Description
Raimunda lives in Madrid with her daughter Paula and her drunk husband Paco. Her sister, Sole, is separated and works clandestinely as a hairstylist for women. Years ago, in the sisters birth village, they lost their parents in a fire in La Mancha. Their aunt, Paula, still lives in the village and continues to speak about her sister Irene, mother of the two sisters, as if she were still alive. When the old aunt dies the situation changes and the past...
Publisher
Brigham Young University Production
Pub. Date
c2003
Language
English
Description
Cipher in the snow: About a boy who dies after getting off the school bus. Because no cause of death can be found, an interested teacher investigates and finds that the boy lost his will to live after his parents divorced. The gift: A young boy who can't afford an expensive gift for his father decides instead to do the chores on Christmas morning. The phone call: The frustrations and fears experienced by adolescents are humorously illustrated when...
14) The Sonata
Publisher
Screen Media
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
A young violinist unravels her long lost father's past, triggering dark forces that reach beyond her imagination.
15) Fast vengeance
Publisher
Shout! Factory
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
A man returns to his old stomping ground to find the men responsible for the death of his brother.
16) Beautiful wave
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Nicole, a shy New York City high school student still mourning the drowning death of her beloved dad. When Nicole is sent to California to spend the summer with the free-spirited grandmother she barely knows, she'll learn a shocking family secret she yearns to understand. Now on a quest to Baja Mexico, Nicole will discover friendship, romance, the thrill of surfing, and a link to her late father that could change her life forever.
17) Last flag flying
Publisher
Lions Gate Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Thirty years after they served together in Vietnam, a former Navy Corpsman Larry "Doc" Shepherd re-unites with his old buddies, former Marines Sal Nealon and Reverend Richard Mueller, to bury his son, a young Marine killed in the Iraq War.
18) Iceman
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
中文(繁體)
Description
A Ming Dynasty palace guard is wrongly accused of murder and hunted by three vengeful brothers. All four are accidentally buried, frozen at the height of battle. 400 years later, they are defrosted and resume their mortal struggle, while also adjusting to modern-day life.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
When a widowed reporter is informed by an FBI agent that her deceased husband has just been murdered, the two join forces to uncover a web of deceit that is shocking and more deadly than anyone could imagine. Oscar winner Cuba Gooding Jr. and Emmanuelle Vaugier star in a sexy, suspenseful, psychological thriller.
20) Autumn blood
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
High in the Mountains, a widowed mother dies, leaving her two children orphaned. Fearing being split up they keep their mother's death a secret. They survive until villagers destroy their innocence when they brutally assault the girl. Now the siblings must come of age to protect each other and survive.
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