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1) Tight
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
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Black Lives Matter: Elementary Stories
Black Lives Matter: Middle Grade Stories
Latinx Authors: Books for Elementary Grades
Black Lives Matter: Middle Grade Stories
Latinx Authors: Books for Elementary Grades
Formats
Description
Tight: Lately, Bryan's been feeling it in all kinds of ways . . . Bryan knows what's tight for him--reading comics, drawing superheroes, and hanging out with no drama. But drama is every day where he's from, and that gets him tight, wound up. And now Bryan's friend Mike pressures him with ideas of fun that are crazy risky. At first, it's a rush following Mike, hopping turnstiles, subway surfing, and getting into all kinds of trouble. But Bryan never...
Publisher
Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
The coolest SPYkids anywhere are back for a huge new adventure! Carmen and Juni are on a mission to recover a device that threatens the entire world! It is now up to the Cortez family to save the world from the evil scientist.
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
Finnish
Description
The wry, melancholic comedy from Aki Kaurism̃ki is a bittersweet tale of human kindness in the face of official indifference. A response to the ongoing global refugee crisis, the film follows two people, a displaced Syrian and a Finnish salesman, searching for a place to call home.
Language
English
Formats
Description
From acclaimed filmmaker Nicole Holofcener comes a sharply observed comedy about a novelist whose long standing marriage is suddenly upended when she overhears her husband give his honest reaction to her latest book. A film about trust, lies, and the things we say to the people we love most.
6) EO
Series
Publisher
Criterion Channel
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
Polish
Description
Legendary director Jerzy Skolimowski created one of his freest and most visually inventive films yet with this story of a gray donkey named EO. After being removed from an itinerant circus, EO begins a trek across the countryside, experiencing cruelty and kindness from a cast of characters including an Italian countess and a Polish soccer team. Nominated for the Academy Award for Best International Feature, and featuring stunning cinematography by...
Publisher
Nickelodeon / Paramount
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Meow! The Kitten Catastrophe Crew is taking over! Mayor Humdinger and the feline troublemakers are causing all kinds of mayhem in Adventure Bay. First, the pups must clean up the kittens2 mess to win the Spotless Town Award. Then Farmer Al2s sheep run away and the kittens go missing! Finally, join the pups as they save the cat show and so much more!
Language
English
Description
A mysterious gunman (Eastwood) has just arrived in San Miguel, a grim, dusty border town where two rival bands of smugglers are terrorizing the impoverished citizens. A master of the "quick-draw", the stranger soon receives offers of employment from each gang. But his loyalty cannot be bought; he accepts both johs ... and sets in motion a plan to destroy both groups of criminals, pitting one against the other in a series of brilliantly orchestrated...
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
The monster family embarks on a vacation on a luxury monster cruise ship so Drac can take a summer vacation from providing everyone else's vacation at the hotel. It's smooth sailing for Drac's Pack as the monsters indulge in all of the shipboard fun the cruise has to offer. But the dream vacation turns into a nightmare when Mavis realizes Drac has fallen for the mysterious captain of the ship, Ericka, who hides a dangerous secret that could destroy...
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"A riveting historical drama that tells the story of the first rape trial on record in American history and the fault lines of class privilege and gender bias that it exposed, showing how much has changed over two centuries and how much has not"--
Summer, 1793. A crime was committed in the back room of a New York brothel-- the kind of crime that even victims usually kept secret. Instead, seventeen-year-old seamstress Lanah Sawyer charged a gentleman...
12) The last unicorn
Publisher
Shout! Factory
Pub. Date
[2015?]
Language
English
Description
When a young unicorn learns she may soon be the last of her kind, she leaves the safety of her protected forest and enlists the help of a clumsy sorcerer as they embark on a long journey to save the unicorns from extinction. Special features include: The Tail of the Last Unicorn featurette, Escape the Red Bull game, Schmendrick's Magical Gallery, and more.
Series
Criterion collection volume 157
Publisher
Touchstone Home Video
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
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Description
Three grown prodigies, all with a unique genius of some kind, and their mother are staying at the family household. Their father, Royal, had left them long ago, but now returns to make things right with his family.
14) 6 Rainier Drive
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Justine and Seth Gunderson are trying to make plans and sort out their future after losing their business-the Lighthouse restaurant-to arson. The investigation is ongoing, but the prime suspect disappeared right after the fire. And this kind of crisis can be hard on a marriage. In the meantime, the drama of everyday life goes on for everyone in town: Maryellen's difficult pregnancy means she needs to ask for help from an unlikely source, Lynette...
Author
Publisher
Lake Union Publishing
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Recovering from heartbreak, unlucky-in-love events manager Cara has vowed to avoid relationships. That is until fate throws her into the path of handsome and kind Henry, who is worlds apart from the men she’s dated before. Unfortunately, this encounter is short-lived when Cara misses her coach home—and with it, any chance of seeing him again. But fate is not finished with the mismatched couple. When Cara quite literally bumps into Henry a second...
Author
Series
Cedar Cove series volume 7
Language
English
Description
Dear Reader, I'm living a life I couldn't even have dreamed of a few years ago. I'm married to Bobby Polgar now (you know, the famous chess champion who just happens to be the man I love!). And we've got this beautiful house with a view of Puget Sound. Lately something's been worrying Bobby, though. When I asked, he said he was "protecting his queen" -- and I got the oddest feeling he wasn't talking about chess but about me. He wouldn't say anything...
17) Girl on Fire
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
From New York Times bestselling author and 15-time GRAMMY® Award-winning artist Alicia Keys comes a new authentic and poignant coming-of-age young adult graphic novel, about finding the strength within when your whole world changes in an instant.
Lolo Wright always thought she was just a regular fourteen-year-old dealing with regular family drama: her brother, James, is struggling with his studies; her dad's business
...18) Never grow up
Author
Publisher
Gallery Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"A candid, thrilling memoir from one of the most recognizable, influential, and beloved cinematic personalities in the world. Everyone knows Jackie Chan. Whether it's from Rush Hour, Shanghai Noon, The Karate Kid, or Kung Fu Panda, Jackie is admired by generations of moviegoers for his acrobatic fighting style, comic timing, and mind-bending stunts. In 2016--after fifty-six years in the industry, over 200 films, and many broken bones--he received...
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