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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Planning a school or amateur Shakespeare production? The best way to experience the plays is to perform them, but getting started can be a challenge: The complete plays are too long and complex, while scene selections or simplified language are too limited. "The 30-Minute Shakespeare" is a new series of abridgements that tell the "story" of each play from start to finish while keeping the beauty of Shakespeare's language intact. Specific stage directions...
Author
Pub. Date
1934.
Physical Desc
5 preliminary leaves, 8-168 pages ; 20 cm.
Description
A play in three acts. Farley House has been built by the sweat and blood of the Farley patriarch to be a home in which to raise his young family, and for better or for worse, the Farley family is dedicated to staying together-except for one, Christina, who leaves to answer her calling in a convent. Years later, Sister Christina sets the stage for this dispiriting narrative when she comes to spend a Christmas with her family in their childhood home,...
Series
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 125 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
When a missing page from the diary of John Wilkes Booth surfaces, Ben Gates' great-great grandfather is suddenly implicated as a key conspirator in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. The page is one of 18 pages missing from Booth's diary. When doing more research, the conspiracy takes Ben, Abigail, and Riley from Buckingham Palace to the White House - both places they break into - to steal a page from a secret book. But in order to see more from...
4) Ivanhoe
Pub. Date
[2005?]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (107 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Adaptation of Sir Walter Scott's classic tale set in England in the Middle Ages. Also includes a Tom and Jerry cartoon, The Two Mouseketeers, and a swashbuckler movie trailer gallery.
Pub. Date
[2011]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (154 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
If the planet is threatened by super villains, time traveling conquerors, alien invaders, mythical beasts, or robots bent on the total destruction of humanity, if the forces of evil are so overwhelming that no single hero has the power to save the world, when there is no hope left, you assemble the AVENGERS. The Avengers are the best of the best in the Marvel universe, the greatest heroes who take on the unbeatable foes.
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (130 min.) : sound, color & black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
George Bailey has so many problems he is thinking about ending it all and it's Christmas! As the angels discuss George, his life is shown in flashback. As George is about to jump from a bridge, he ends up rescuing his guardian angel, Clarence. Clarence then shows George what his town would have looked like if it hadn't been for all of his good deeds over the years. Will Clarence be able to convince George to return to his family and forget suicide?...
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
[1 videodisc (approximately 157 minutes)] : sound, color; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"On the mystical island of Themyscira, a proud and fierce warrior race of Amazons have raised a daughter of untold beauty, grace and strength Princess Diana. When an Army fighter pilot, Steve Trevor, crash-lands on the island, the rebellious and headstrong Diana defies Amazonian law by accompanying Trevor back to civilization..."--
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 17
Formats
Description
Stolen from his family by changelings, Henry Day is given the name "Aniday" by the ageless and magical beings, who replace him with another child who takes his place with his parents, a young boy who possesses an extraordinary gift of music.
10) Rooms
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 12
Formats
Description
Wealthy Richard Walker has just died, leaving behind his country house full of rooms packed with the detritus of a lifetime. His estranged family -- bitter ex-wife Caroline, troubled teenage son Trenton, and unforgiving daughter Minna -- have arrived for their inheritance. But the Walkers are not alone.
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Formats
Description
Determined to leave a mark on the world even though they are in the hospital and their days are dwindling, unlikely friends, seventeen-year-old Lenni and eighty-three-year-old Margot, devise a plan to create one hundred paintings showcasing the stories of the century they have lived.
Pub. Date
[2011]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (135 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
If the planet is threatened by super villains, time traveling conquerors, alien invaders, mythical beasts, or robots bent on the total destruction of humanity, if the forces of evil are so overwhelming that no single hero has the power to save the world, when there is no hope left, you assemble the AVENGERS. The Avengers are the best of the best in the Marvel universe, the greatest heroes who take on the unbeatable foes.
Series
Pub. Date
[2013?]
Physical Desc
2 video discs (241 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
King Henry IV sees his reign marred by uprisings led by young Harry Hotspur and undercut by the impulsive, irresponsible actions of his son Prince Hal. As stakes get even higher, both sides converge in the epic battle of Shrewsbury.
14) Henry V
Series
Pub. Date
[2013?]
Physical Desc
1 video disc (139 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Recently crowned king, Henry V. has scarcely settled onto the throne when the French ambassador brings a challenge to his rule. Inspired by his courtiers Exeter and York, Henry swears that he will answer the French with all force. The stage is set for all-out war, and the young ruler must overcome incredible odds and self-doubt to win the day.
15) Mary Poppins
Pub. Date
2004
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (139 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
An English nanny with magical abilities takes over the household of a proper London banker, and changes the lives of everyone.
16) A Summer to Die
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Formats
Description
Thirteen-year-old Meg envies her sister Molly's beauty and popularity, and these feelings make it difficult for her to cope with Molly's illness and death.
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (approximately 599 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The British Empire is in decline, the political world is in disarray, and a young woman takes the throne ... a new era is dawning. Queen Elizabeth II is a 25-year-old newlywed faced with the daunting prospect of leading the world's most famous monarchy while forging a relationship with legendary Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill.
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (130 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
After more than 30 years of service as one of the navy's top aviators, Pete 'Maverick' Mitchell is where he belongs, pushing the envelope as a courageous test pilot and dodging the advancement in rank that would ground him. Training a detachment of graduates for a special assignment, Maverick must confront the ghosts of his past and his deepest fears, culminating in a mission that demands the ultimate sacrifice from those who choose to fly it.
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