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Series
Fast and Furious volume 5
Pub. Date
[2011]
Description
After Brian and Mia break Dom out of jail, they find themselves trapped in Rio de Janeiro and on the run from the law. Now one last job stands between them and freedom, but will they make it before the corrupt businessmen, or the feds, catch up to them?
"It delivers the most entertaining 'Fast and Furious' adventure while also getting 2011's summer movie season off on the right lead foot."--Washington Post.
"Inventive action sequences, deft stunt...
Series
Pub. Date
2010.
Description
A look at two Brazilian teenagers who feel the only way out of the poverty and strife they live in is to join a well-known dance troupe from North America. Determined to beat the odds and follow their dream, these dancers will do whatever it takes to break free from their lives, and into a new one.
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Formats
Description
A young veteran of the US Army, River Roulet is struggling to shake the horrors of his past. War is behind him, but the memories remain. Desperate to distract himself from the images haunting him daily, River abandons the world he knows and flees to the country hes always dreamed of visiting: Brazil.Rio de Janeiro is everything he hoped for and more. In the lead-up to Carnaval, the city is alight with music, energy, and life. With a few friends at...
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.8 - AR Pts: 17
Description
How did Ant�nio Francisco Bonfim Lopes, a hardworking young father, become the king of Rocinha, the largest slum in Rio; the head of a drug cartel; and perhaps Brazil's most wanted criminal, known to all as "Nem"? Nemesis is the riveting account of his ruthless ascent in Rio's terrifying underworld, his sway over its anarchic outlaw culture, and his accidental fall. Nem tried to bring welfare and justice to a playground of gang culture and destitution,...
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
Description
A boy describes the building, people, weather, games, and activities he can observe from his window in a favela, a neighborhood in Rio de Janiero. Includes notes about favelas and the author's experiences growing up in one.
10) Rio: Rio 2
Pub. Date
[2017]
Description
After Blu, a macaw who does not fly, discovers he is one of the last of his species, he sets out on a journey to Rio to find Jewel, the only other bird like him, meeting a host of crazy characters along the way; Blu, Jewel, and their three chicks travel to the Amazon to get closer to nature and discover that Jewel's family is still alive and well.
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