1989
Author
Language
English
Description
From the bestselling author of Rebecca, another classic set in beautiful and mysterious Cornwall.
Philip Ashley's older cousin Ambrose, who raised the orphaned Philip as his own son, has died in Rome. Philip, the heir to Ambrose's beautiful English estate, is crushed that the man he loved died far from home. He is also suspicious. While in Italy, Ambrose fell in love with Rachel, a beautiful English and Italian woman. But the final, brief letters...
Author
Publisher
Crown Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Language
English
Description
This wondrous read-aloud combines beautiful artwork with informative text to answer any questions readers have about our winged friends in the sky, from the moment they hatch to how they create their homes.
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 9
Physical Desc
312 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Tasked with getting her school's marching band to the Rose Parade, Sophie tries to persuade her small town's only claim to fame, country singer Megan Pleasant, to return to town and help her raise the funds.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Far off the coast of California loos a harsh rock known as San Nicolas Island. Blue dolphins splash in the water surrounding it, sea otters play in the kelp beds, and seabirds roots in its crags. Once, Indians also lived on the island-until one day they decided to leave and sail east.
A young girl was left behind.
Karana is that girl. Year after year, she waits for the ship to come back. But it never does. Finally, she realizes she must make a fateful...
6) Baby zebras
Author
Publisher
Bellwether Media, Inc
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.5 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
pages cm.
Language
English
Description
"Developed by literacy experts for students in kindergarten through grade three, this book introduces baby zebras to young readers through leveled text and related photos"--
Author
Series
Publisher
Creative Education/Creative Paperbacks
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
48 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
"A historical account of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, including the events leading up to that day, the people involved, the monumental rescue and recovery efforts, and the lingering aftermath"--Provided by publisher.
8) Baby rhinos
Author
Publisher
Bellwether Media, Inc
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.6 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
pages cm.
Language
English
Description
"Developed by literacy experts for students in kindergarten through grade three, this book introduces baby rhinos to young readers through leveled text and related photos"--
9) Me
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Christened Reginald Dwight, he was a shy boy with Buddy Holly glasses who grew up in the London suburb of Pinner and dreamed of becoming a pop star. By the age of twenty-three he was performing his first gig in America, facing an astonished audience in his bright yellow dungarees, a star-spangled T-shirt, and boots with wings. Elton John had arrived and the music world would never be the same again. His life has been full of drama, from the early...
Author
Series
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm.
Language
English
Description
In Horizon, Misty the Cloud tries to work out a compromise with a group of sunbeams whose games are putting a damper on her birthday celebration, but the back-and-forth between the clouds and sun worries a human girl named Claire, who fears her birthday party will be ruined by bad weather. Includes weather facts.
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2024]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
29 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"During the spring, a season of change, Misty the Cloud and friends must do their part to help things grow on Earth as the days get longer and the weather turns warmer"--
14) Baby driver
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Language
English
Description
Baby, a talented, young getaway driver, relies on the beat of his personal soundtrack to be the best in the game. When he meets the girl of his dreams, Baby sees a chance to ditch his criminal life and make a clean getaway. But it isn't easy to retire from a life of crime.
15) The Great Wall
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (1 hour, 43 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A European mercenary searching for black powder finds himself in China defending the Great Wall against alien monsters.
17) The giver
Publisher
Anchor Bay Films
Pub. Date
2014
Physical Desc
1 digital videodisc (97 minutes) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The story centers on Jonas, young man who lives in a supposedly ideal world of conformity and contentment. Yet as he begins to spend time with the elder, who is the sole keeper of all the community's memories, Jonas quickly begins to discover the dark and deadly truths of his community's secret past. At extreme odds, Jonas knows that he must escape their world to protect them all ; a challenge that no one has ever succeeded at before.
Publisher
Marvel Studios
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (180 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The grave course of events set in motion by Thanos that wiped out half the universe and fractured their ranks compels the remaining to take one final stand in the grand conclusion to twenty-two films.
Publisher
Warner Bros. Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A return to the world of the Road Warrior, Max Rockatansky. Haunted by his turbulent past, he believes the best way to survive is to wander alone. Nevertheless, he becomes swept up with a group fleeing across the Wasteland in a War Rig driven by an elite Imperator, Furiosa. They are escaping a Citadel tyrannized by the Immortan Joe, from whom something irreplaceable has been taken. Enraged, the Warlord with his gangs, pursues the rebels ruthlessly...
20) Maleficent
Series
Publisher
Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Language
English
Description
A beautiful, pure-hearted young woman, Maleficent has an idyllic life growing up in a peaceable forest kingdom, until one day when an invading army threatens the harmony of the land. Bent on revenge, Maleficent faces a battle with the invading king's successor and, as a result, places a curse upon his newborn infant Aurora. As the child grows, Maleficent realizes that Aurora holds the key to peace in the kingdom, and perhaps to Maleficent's true happiness...