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Author
Series
Publisher
Zonderkidz
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 5
Physical Desc
158 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Lena is just figuring out how to manage her new fame at home when she finds out she's hitting the road on a two-week bus tour to further promote the film. Traveling across the country with the cast--with the surprise addition of her whole family joining them--Lena experiences adventures and challenges she never expected, while learning to step outside of her comfort zone and follow the path God has for her life. She learns that saying yes to God...
Author
Publisher
Blue Rider Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
257 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Formats
Description
"When Carrie Fisher recently discovered the journals she had kept during the filming of the first Star Wars movie, she was astonished to see what they had preserved--plaintive love poems, unbridled musings with youthful naivete, and a vulnerability that she barely recognized. Today her fame as an author, actress, and pop-culture icon is indisputable, but in 1976, Carrie Fisher was just a teenager with an all-consuming crush on her costar. With these...
Author
Series
Publisher
Crooked Lane
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First North American edition.
Physical Desc
295 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Josephine and Archie gather with friends to celebrate the holidays on 1938 Cornwall’s stormy coast before the festivities are interrupted by two brutal deaths on St. Michael’s Mount and the arrival of a world-famous film star.
24) The Marvels
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2015
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
The journey begins on a ship at sea in 1766, with a boy named Billy Marvel. After surviving a shipwreck, he finds work in a London theatre. There, his family flourishes for generations as brilliant actors until 1900, when young Leontes Marvel is banished from the stage. Nearly a century later, Joseph Jervis runs away from school and seeks refuge with a reclusive uncle in London. Albert Nightingale's strange, beautiful house, with its mysterious portraits...
Author
Publisher
Dutton, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A fun-filled memoir by the Karate Kid and Cobra Kai actor that's equal parts nostalgia and contemporary relevance, based on both the classic movies and his current show, which is Netflix's #1 hit and gaining legions of new fans from every generation"--
Author
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
2015
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
x, 225 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
The actress, comedian, media darling, and New York Times bestselling author picks up where she left off in Ali in Wonderland, dissecting modern life--and this time, on a mission of self-improvement--in a series of laugh-out-loud comic vignettes.
27) Alien superstar
Author
Series
Alien superstar volume 1
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Buddy Burger escapes his home planet, lands in Hollywood, and is cast in a new television series, but must pretend his six eyes and suction-cup feet are the costume and his human skin, real.
28) Just one day
Author
Series
Just One Day volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
"Sparks fly when American good girl Allyson encounters laid-back Dutch actor Willem, so she follows him on a whirlwind trip to Paris, upending her life in just one day and prompting a year of self-discovery and the search for true love."--
29) Born to be wild
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
When someone tries to kill her, believing her to be the evil character she plays on a popular soap opera, daytime drama superstar Mary Lisa Beverly is forced to get help from an unexpected source.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2007
Edition
1st ed.
Language
English
Formats
Description
A portrait of the Bard is presented in the style of a travelogue based on interviews with actors, the curator of Shakespeare's birthplace, and academics, in an account that also shares the author's recollections of his own adventures in Stratford-upon-Avon.
Author
Series
Publisher
Yale University Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
viii, 284 pages : portrait ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Neal Gabler examines Streisand's life and career through this prism of otherness-a Jew in a gentile world, a self-proclaimed homely girl in a world of glamour, a kooky girl in a world of convention-and shows how central it was to Streisand's triumph as one of the voices of her age.
32) Cast away
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2002
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 volumes (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Chuck Noland, a FedEx systems engineer, finds his ruled-by-the-clock existence ended when a harrowing plane crash leaves him isolated on a remote island. As Chuck struggles to survive, he finds that his own personal journey has only just begun.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 12
Physical Desc
357 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"It's 1914, and twelve-year old Darleen Darling has the most exciting job in the world--she gets to dangle from cliffs and stop moving trains and soar through the sky in runaway balloons! Yes, that's right: Darleen is a hero and a star--in the make-believe world of the movies ... But Darleen's fictional adventures collide with reality when a fake kidnapping intended as a publicity stunt becomes all too real. Now she is in the hands of the dastardly...
Author
Series
A Gaslight mystery volume 21
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
326 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"When a murder hits close to home, Frank finds himself in an unusual position--the prime suspect in the latest installment of the national bestselling Gaslight Mystery series ... Frank and Sarah Malloy are enjoying married life and looking to make their family official by adopting Catherine, the child Sarah rescued and has been raising as her daughter. The newlyweds soon discover, Parnell Vaughn, an actor and Catherine's legal father, is looking to...
Publisher
Kensington Books
Language
English
Description
HAUNTED HOUSE MURDER by LESLIE MEIERNewcomers to Tinkers Cove, Ty and Heather Moon have moved into a dilapidated house reputed to be a haven for ghosts. Now strange noises and flickering lights erupt from the house at all hours and neighborly relations are on edge. And when a local boy goes missing near the house, its up to Lucy Stone to unravel the mystery of the eccentric couple and their increasingly frightful behavior. DEATH BY HAUNTED HOUSE by...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"After escaping an abusive relationship, Chelsea Spencer flees to Chickadee Creek--the town where her great aunt Rosemary owns a quaint little antique shop. There, Chelsea plans to help with the shop as her aunt heals from an accident--and perhaps find some healing of her own. Liam Chandler was one film away from a leading role when his brother Jacob was stricken with cancer. After spending the last months of Jacob's life with him in Boise, Liam heads...
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Language
English
Formats
Description
A poignant and transporting cross-cultural love story set against the lush backdrop of the Sicilian countryside, where one woman discovers the healing powers of food and family in her darkest hour.
Author
Publisher
Celadon Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Number One Is Walking is Steve Martin's cinematic legacy-an illustrated memoir of his legendary acting career, with stories from his most popular films and artwork by New Yorker cartoonist Harry Bliss. Steve Martin has never written about his career in the movies before. In Number One Is Walking, he shares anecdotes from the sets of his beloved films-Father of the Bride, Roxanne, The Jerk, Three Amigos, and many more-bringing readers directly into...
Author
Publisher
Flatiron Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xi, 271 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"The Oscar-nominated star who captivated the world with his performance in Juno finally shares his truth. "Can I kiss you?" It was two months before the world premiere of Juno, and Elliot Page was in his first ever queer bar. The hot summer air hung heavy around him as he looked at her. And then it happened. In front of everyone. A previously unfathomable experience. Here he was on the precipice of discovering himself as a queer person, as a trans...
Author
Series
A Sherlock Holmes Bookshop mystery volume Book 3
Publisher
Crooked Lane Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
291 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Legendary stage and movie star Sir Nigel Bellingham arrives on Cape Cod to star in a stage production of The Hound of the Baskervilles put on by the West London Theater Festival. When Sir Nigel, some of the cast, and the director visit the Sherlock Holmes Bookshop at 222 Baker Street, Gemma Doyle realizes that Sir Nigel is not at all suited to the role. He is long past his prime and an old drunk to boot. The cast, in particular the much younger...