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Diary of a wimpy kid volume 11
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
1010L
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English
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The pressure's really piling up on Greg Heffley. His mom thinks video games are turning his brain to mush, so she wants her son to put down the controller and explore his creative side. As if that's not scary enough, Halloween's just around the corner and the frights are coming at Greg from every angle. When Greg discovers a bag of gummy worms, it sparks an idea. Can he get his mom off his back by making a movie... and will he become rich and famous...
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"King crab fisherman Fox Thornton has a reputation as a sexy, carefree flirt. Everyone knows he's a guaranteed good time-in bed and out-and that's exactly how he prefers it. Until he meets Hannah Bellinger. She's immune to his charm and looks, but she seems to enjoy his... personality? And wants to be friends? Bizarre. But he likes her too much to risk a fling, so platonic pals it is. Now, Hannah's in town for work, crashing in Fox's spare bedroom....
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 2
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English
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Fans of the bestselling Diary of a Wimpy Kid series will hit the road with author and illustrator Jeff Kinney and get an exclusive look at the making of the film, Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul. Readers of The Wimpy Kid Movie Diary: The Next Chapter will find out what it takes to film a flock of seagulls invading a minivan, a robo pig, and an animatronic three-year-old, and discover everything that goes into making a feature film.
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"After being rescued as infants from a sinking ocean liner in 1914, Marian and Jamie Graves are raised by their dissolute uncle in Missoula, Montana. There--after encountering a pair of pilots passing through town in a beat up Cessna--Marian commences her lifelong love affair with flight. At fifteen, she drops out of school and finds an unexpected and dangerous patron in a wealthy rancher who provides a plane and subsidizes her lessons, an arrangement...
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Warner Home Video
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English
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With the help of Lieutenant Jim Gordon and District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman raises the stakes on his war on crime and sets out to dismantle the remaining criminal organizations that plague the city streets. The partnership proves to be effective, but they soon find themselves prey to a reign of chaos unleashed by a rising criminal mastermind known to the terrified citizens of Gotham as The Joker. The Joker, whose eerie grin, laughter, and inhuman...
6) Furious 7
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
2015
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Language
English
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Deckard Shaw is out for revenge against Dominic Toretto and his crew, following the death of his brother in 'Fast & Furious 6.' Before Shaw can do that, Dom plans to take him out first with help from Brian, Ronan, Tej, and Letty.
"Furious 7 offers edge-of-the-seat excitement with outlandish action sequences, inventive stunts, hilarious cartoonish moments and even some touching emotion."--USA Today.
"Fast-moving fight scenes, outrageous auto antics...
Series
Twilight saga volume 1
Publisher
Summit Entertainment
Language
English
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Isabella Swan moves to gloomy Forks, Washington to live with her father. She begins her junior year in high school and becomes fascinated by Edward Cullen. He holds a dark secret which is only known by his family. To Edward, Bella is what he has waited 90 years for, a true soul mate. But he knows the further they progress in their relationship, the more he is putting Bella and those close to her at risk. Edward tries to warn Bella that she should...
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English
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When a shipwreck leaves a young boy, Alec (Kelly Reno), and “The Black,” a wild Arabian stallion, stranded on a desolate island, the two share an adventure of survival which forges a lasting friendship. Upon their rescue, Alec and his new friend return home and continue their adventures when they join forces with ex-jockey and horse trainer, Henry Dailey (Mickey Rooney), who takes them under his wing and prepares them to compete with the world’s...
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Set in the great city of New Orleans, a beautiful girl named Tiana meets a frog prince who desperately wants to be human again, and a fateful kiss leads them both on a hilarious adventure through the mystical bayous of Louisiana.
"This is the best Disney animated film in years."--Hollywood Reporter
"The smart storytelling combines with spectacular visual set pieces and a spicy musical gumbo to deliver one of the finest films of the year..."--Arizona...
10) Eat pray love
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
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A happily married woman who is trying to get pregnant realizes that her life needs to go in a new direction. After a very painful divorce, she risks everything and embarks on a journey around the world that becomes a quest for self-discovery.
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English
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When renowned paleontologist Dr. Grant agrees to accompany a wealthy adventurer and his wife on an aerial tour of Isla Sorna, InGen's former breeding ground for prehistoric creatures, he has no idea that he was brought along for a totally different reason. When their plane crashes and they become stranded, they discover the island's native inhabitants are smarter, faster, fiercer and more brutal than imagined.
12) Super 8
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Language
English
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In the summer of 1979, a group of friends in a small Ohio town witnesses a catastrophic train crash while making a super 8 movie and soon they suspect that it was not an accident. Shortly after, unusual disappearances and inexplicable events begin to take place in town, and the local deputy tries to uncover the truth, something more terrifying than any of them could have imagined.
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"In addition to being among the most celebrated of contemporary filmmakers, Quentin Tarantino is possibly the most joyously infectious movie lover alive. For years he has touted in interviews his eventual turn to writing books about films. Now, with Cinema Speculation, the time has come, and the results are everything his passionate fans--and all movie lovers--could have hoped for. Organized around key American films from the 1970s, all of which he...
14) Australia
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2009
Edition
Widescreen.
Language
English
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In northern Australia at the beginning of World War II, an English aristocrat inherits a cattle station the size of Maryland. When English cattle barons plot to take her land, she reluctantly joins forces with a rough-hewn stock-man to drive 2,000 head of cattle across hundreds of miles of the country's most unforgiving land, only to still face the bombing of Darwin, Australia, by the Japanese forces that had attacked Pearl Harbor only months earlier....
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Series
Dresden files volume 6
Language
English
Description
While going undercover on the set of an adult film to investigate the mysterious deaths of several actresses, Chicago wizard Harry Dresden unexpectedly learns the shocking truth about his vampire friend Thomas.
17) Moonlight
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English
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**Oscar-winner** for Best Picture, MOONLIGHT is a moving and transcendent look at three defining chapters in the life of Chiron, a young man growing up in Miami. His epic journey to adulthood, as a shy outsider dealing with difficult circumstances, is guided by support, empathy and love from the most unexpected places. Winner of multiple **Oscars** including Best Picture, Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role and Best Adapted Screenplay....
18) De-Lovely
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English
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In this exuberant cinematic ode to legendary composer Cole Porter, the lives of Cole (Kevin Kline) and Linda (Ashley Judd) Porter were never less than glamorous and wildly unconventional. Though Cole's thirst for life strained their marriage, Linda never stopped being his muse, inspiring some of the greatest songs of the 20th century. Featuring outstanding performances by some of today's greatest musical stars including Elvis Costello, Sheryl Crow...
Publisher
Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
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The ultimate X-Men ensemble fights a war for the survival of the species across two time periods. The characters from the original X-Men film trilogy join forces with their younger selves from X-Men: First Class in an epic battle that must change the past; to save our future.
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"When we first meet Maria Lagana, she's rewriting scripts at Mercury Pictures, a failing Hollywood studio known for its schlock. Maria's job is to re-craft dialogue and action to circumvent the censors, a skill she's mysteriously adept at. Born in Italy, as a teenager Maria witnessed Mussolini's censors arrest her father, an event that will destroy her family and burden Maria with questions of guilt and responsibility she will carry with her throughout...
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