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81) Fight night
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Fight Night is told in the unforgettable voice of Swiv, a nine-year-old living in Toronto with her pregnant mother, who is raising Swiv while caring for her own elderly, frail, yet extraordinarily lively mother. When Swiv is expelled from school, Grandma takes on the role of teacher and gives her the task of writing to Swiv's absent father about life in the household during the last trimester of the pregnancy. In turn, Swiv gives Grandma an assignment:...
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Jessica Speight, a young anthropology student in 1960s London, is at the beginning of a promising academic career when an affair with her married professor turns her into a single mother. As readers are drawn deeper into Jessica's world, they are confronted with questions of responsibility, potential, even age, all with Margaret Drabble's characteristic intelligence, sympathy, and wit. Told from the point of view of the group of mothers who surround...
83) Stories we tell
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English
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Actress and director Sarah Polley explores the truth behind a family secret.
84) Brown
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English
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In this loving ode to the color brown, a boy describes the many beautiful hues of his family.
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"New York Times bestselling author TJ Klune invites you deep into the heart of a peculiar forest and on the extraordinary journey of a family assembled from spare parts. In a strange little home built into the branches of a grove of trees, live three robots--fatherly inventor android Giovanni Lawson, a pleasantly sadistic nurse machine, and a small vacuum desperate for love and attention. Victor Lawson, a human, lives there too. They're a family,...
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"A dark secret threatens the future of the Shreve family It's August 24 and Joanne Shreve and her husband, Zack, are savoring the last lazy days of summer and looking forward to the birth of a new grandchild; involvement in the campaign of Ali Janvier, a gifted politician with a solid chance of becoming the province's next premier; and the debut of Sisters and Strangers, the six-part series Joanne co-wrote that focuses on her early life. The series...
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Lucy Lovejoy married her childhood sweetheart at sixteen-years-old, but there is no longer any warmth or love at the centre of Lucy's family: her children have watched their father belittle her for years and are following in his footsteps. With her fortieth birthday approaching, Lucy discovers that her husband is having an affair with her sister and it shatters her. Mustering all her courage, she decides to leave her family and the home she's devoted...
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Wishin' and hopin' volume 2
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English
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"New York Times bestselling author Wally Lamb weaves an evocative, deeply affecting tapestry of one Baby Boomer's life--Felix Funicello, introduced in Wishin' and Hopin'--and the trio of unforgettable women who have changed it, in this radiant homage to the resiliency, strength, and power of women. I'll Take You There centers on Felix, a film scholar who runs a Monday night movie club in what was once a vaudeville theater. One evening, while setting...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 7
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English
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Daniel Woodrell's modern classic is an unforgettable tale of desperation and courage that inspired the award-winning film starring Jennifer Lawrence.
Ree Dolly's father has skipped bail on charges that he ran a crystal meth lab, and the Dollys will lose their house if he doesn't show up for his next court date. With two young brothers depending on her, 16-year-old Ree knows she has to bring her father back, dead or alive....
Ree Dolly's father has skipped bail on charges that he ran a crystal meth lab, and the Dollys will lose their house if he doesn't show up for his next court date. With two young brothers depending on her, 16-year-old Ree knows she has to bring her father back, dead or alive....
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Kino Lorber
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English
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Gerrie and Arthur Mason discover that their daughter, Maxie, is a drug-addict. Guessing their son Artie is responsible, they turn him out. Maxie flees, into the arms of her drug addict partner, but her parents find them and forcibly bring her home. A bad trip now leads the young girl to hospital. Her parents hear with amazement that her dealer is an exemplary student, Sandy, their respectable neighbors' son...
92) Dolls
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MGM
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English
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They're cute, they're cuddly...and they kill! A precocious girl, her nasty parents, two punk-rock losers and a weak-kneed salesman inadvertently become the guests of two ghoulish senior citizens who have one seriously killer doll collection!
93) Abe
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Sphere Films
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English
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Finding one's identity is a challenge everyone faces, but few have the pressure that 12-year-old ABE feels as the son of an Israeli mother and Palestinian father. Though his parents have raised him in a secular household, both sets of grandparents insist he chooses between being Jewish or Muslim. Thankfully, Abe has a passion for food that allows him some escape from the escalating family tensions that are a reflection of the generations-old conflict...
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PBS
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English
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1947. A fashion empire rises from the ashes of war-torn Paris, run by the breathtakingly charming and thoroughly ruthless Paul Sabine. But behind the glamour and elegance lies a devastating secret that threatens to destroy the company's delicately built success. Sophisticated and contemporary in tone, this is a story about the price of success, set during a pivotal moment in France's history.
95) The Hero
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The Orchard
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English
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Lee Hayden (Sam Elliot) is a Western icon with a golden voice, but his best performances are decades behind him. He spends his days reliving old glories with his former co-star-turned-drug dealer, Jeremy (Nick Offerman), until a surprise cancer diagnosis brings his priorities into sharp focus. He soon strikes up an exciting, contentious relationship with stand-up comic Charlotte (Laura Prepon), and he attempts to reconnect with his estranged daughter,...
96) Big Bear
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levelFILM
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English
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After his fiancée cancels the wedding and runs off with another guy, Joe's best friends decide to kidnap the man who is responsible.
97) Vincent & Theo
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MGM
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English
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The eternal struggle between madness and genius takes its toll on the brothers Van Gogh in this masterpiece from director Robert Altman. In life, Vincent Van Gogh was impoverished, his work largely ignored; yet today, his paintings fetch millions of dollars. This irony is laid bare in this passionate story of Vincent (Tim Roth), an obsessive artist driven by inexorable demons and his devoted, yet despairing, younger brother, Theo (Paul Rhys), who...
98) Guest
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A71 Entertainment
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English
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A soldier introduces himself to the Peterson family, claiming to be a friend of their son who died in action. After the young man is welcomed into their home, a series of accidental deaths seem to be connected to his presence.
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Warner Bros
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English
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Some Legacies Must End! Edward Norton delivers a searing performance as a former neo-Nazi skinhead whose life was almost destroyed by his own hatred--and who now struggles to prevent his younger brother from following in his footsteps. Seeking retribution for his father's murder and burning with rage, Derek Vinyard (Norton) becomes the charismatic leader of a local White Power movement. Despite his intelligence, Derek's incendiary actions culminate...
100) A Cowgirl's Story
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Samuel Goldwyn Films
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English
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Dusty Rhodes (Bailee Madison) & her grandfather (Pat Boone) rely on their faith & each other while her parents serve in the Afghanistan War.
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