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2) Silence
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 15
Description
After having overcome tremendous challenges to save a love that transcends the boundary between heaven and earth, Nora and Patch must face an adversary with the power to destroy all that they have worked for.
Pub. Date
[2006]
Description
Ted, the explorer with a large yellow hat, is good friends with Bloomsberry. Bloomsberry runs a natural history museum. His greedy son, Bloomsberry Junior, wants to tear down his dad's museum and put a parking garage in its place, but the elder Bloomsberry is convinced that a spectacular new exhibit could save the museum from the wrecking ball. Ted heads to Africa on an expedition to find some special artifacts that will keep his friend in business....
5) Old dogs
Series
Description
Dan and Charlie are two best friends who, together, have built a successful marketing empire, but have somehow managed to avoid ever really grown up. Their lives have been turned upside down when they are charged with the care of seven-year-old twins while on the verge of a big business deal. The clueless bachelors stumble in their efforts, leading to one debacle after another, with a gorilla and some pecking penguins. Dan and Charlie learn as much...
6) The Goonies
Pub. Date
[2007] 1985
Description
Two kids find a treasure map just as they're about to lose their house. They and their friends go on a search for the treasure, but not without trouble from a few ne'er-do-wells.
8) Cars 2
Series
Pub. Date
[2011]
Description
Mater gets caught up in international intrigue when he and Lightning McQueen head overseas to compete in the World Grand Prix to determine the world's fastest car.
Formats
Description
Longtime believer, Linus believes that this year the Great Pumpkin will come and he decides to keep watch all night in the pumpkin patch to welcome him. Charlie Brown dresses up as a ghost, but does not scare up the usual kinds of Halloween loot when trick-or-treating. Snoopy crashes into Violet's party, as well as Linus' vigil.
10) Ponyo
Pub. Date
[2010]
Appears on list
Formats
Description
Ponyo, a magical fish princess, and Sosuke, a five-year-old boy, become friends, and Ponyo is determined to become human.
Author
Series
Description
Inseparables desde sus dias en la Universidad de Boston, hac aproximadamente diez anos, seis amigas formaron el club social de las chicas temerarias, na pequena sociedad de apoyo moral y admiracion. Se encuentran regularmente para chismear, comer juntas, y camparar notas en el complicado eamino de la vida y el amor.
12) Funny people
Pub. Date
[2009]
Formats
Description
A very successful stand-up comedian, George learns that he has less than a year to live. Ira, who is a struggling up-and-coming comedian works at a deli. One night the two perform at the same club, and George decides to make Ira his best friend. This lopsided relationship gradually takes on aspects of true friendship as Ira forces George to try to reconnect with the people in his life, including his ex-girlfriend Laura. Bonus material included.
Pub. Date
[2007]
Description
Jesse Aarons is in the 5th grade and has trained all summer to become the fastest runner in school. He becomes upset when new classmate Leslie Burke outruns him and everyone else. Despite this and some other striking differences, the two become fast friends. Together, they create Terabithia where they rule as king and queen and is a land filled with monsters, trolls, ogres, and giants. This friendship helps Jesse cope with a tragedy that makes him...
14) WALL-E
Pub. Date
2008
Description
After hundreds of lonely years, a waste management robot finds a new purpose in life. With only a cockroach for a friend, he finds true love in another robot sent on a mission to Earth to see if it is safe for human life.
Author
Pub. Date
2011.
Description
Obsesionado por demostrarle a su padre que ya es todo un hombre, Amir se propone ganar la competición anual de cometas. Amir se aprovecha de la fidelidad sin límites de su amigo, Hassan, y comete una traición que los separará de forma definitiva.
Amir left Afghanistan as a boy and migrated to America, where he has become a successful novelist ; haunted by memories of his betrayal of a childhood friend, Hassan, Amir discovers that Hassan has been...
19) Amistad
Pub. Date
1997.
Description
Chronicles the 1839 revolt on board the slave ship Amistad bound for America. Much of the story involves the court-room drama about the slave who led the revolt.