AnnaSophia Robb
Series
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
Kindhearted Samantha Parkington's 1904 New York City world changes when Nellie O'Malley walks into her life. Nellie, her father, and two little sisters move in next door to be servants for the Ryland family. Though they come from completely different backgrounds, Samantha and Nellie become fast friends. The girls turn to each other in happiness and sorrow, adventure and danger, and grow to be as close as two sisters could ever be. But life is full...
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Jack Bruno is a Las Vegas cab driver. Scientist Dr. Alex Friedman is one of his passengers. She is giving speeches about legitimate scientific theories of UFOs and outer space. The next day Jack notices Sara and Seth sitting in the back seat of his cab. He takes them to a run down house in the middle of nowhere, where they must obtain an object. Meanwhile, Major Henry Burke is searching for information pertaining to two aliens that landed days earlier....
3) Dr. Death
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Based on the hit podcast from Wondery, Dr. Death tells the shocking true story of Dr. Christopher Duntsch, a seemingly bright, young neurosurgeon with a thriving medical practice. But all is not as it seems. When a growing number of Dr. Duntsch's defenseless patients end up permanently maimed or worse, two fellow physicians, neurosurgeons Robert Henderson and vascular surgeon Randall Kirby, attempt to stop him before he causes any more harm.
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Formats
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...
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
While fourteen-year-old Duncan is being dragged on a family trip with his mom and her overbearing boyfriend, he finds a gregarious friend at a local water park. The two form a powerful bond as Duncan learns to swim through the challenges of life, love, family, and friendship, resulting in a vacation he'll never forget.
6) The reaping
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Investigative scholar Katherine Winter is a debunker of modern 'miracles,' bringing scientific light to superstition and fraud. But events in Haven, Louisiana, defy even her expertise. There, the 10 Biblical Plagues, including locusts, frogs and a river of blood, seem to be recurring. And the more she seeks answers, the more she questions her own beliefs.
7) Sleepwalking
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
A moving drama about the deep familial bond that develops between James and his young niece, Tara, after the girl's mother suddenly leaves town. As old wounds from James' own turbulent childhood begin to reopen, he is forced to re-examine his life and, for the first time, discover his true purpose.
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
While fourteen-year-old Duncan is being dragged on a family trip with his mom and her overbearing boyfriend, he finds a gregarious friend at a local water park. The two form a powerful bond as Duncan learns to swim through the challenges of life, love, family, and friendship, resulting in a vacation he'll never forget. Special features include deleted scenes and behind the scenes.
9) Soul Surfer
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Teen surfer Bethany Hamilton, loses her arm in a shark attack and courageously overcomes all odds to become a champion again, through her sheer determination and unwavering faith.
10) Freak Show
Language
English
Formats
Description
Billy bloom is one-of-a-kind: a fabulous, glitter-bedecked, gender-bending teenager whose razor-sharp wit is matched only his by his outrageous, anything-goes fashion sense. When his glamorous mother is forced to send him to live with his straight-laced father, Billy finds himself a diva-out-of-water at his new ultra-conservative high school. Undaunted by the bullies who don₂t understand him, the fearless Billy sets out to make a big statement in...
13) Spy school
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
When Thomas, a class clown who is infamous for telling tall tales, discovers a secret plot to kidnap the President's daughter, no one believes him. Realizing that he must take matters into his own hands, Thomas must embark on the adventure of a lifetime. A film about friendship and the value of honesty.
14) Down a dark hall
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Kit Gordy, a new student at the exclusive Blackwood Boarding School, confronts the institution's supernatural occurrences and dark powers of its headmistress.
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Jack is a tough teenage runaway on the lam from her parole officer. The conniving street kid brazenly impersonates a trained caregiver and forms a unique bond with an eleven-year-old autistic girl named Glory. Kay, also bonds with the imposter, as a surrogate daughter she can actually talk to. And the girl's cute older brother Robert falls in love. When the deception is exposed and the cops descend, loving father Mark struggles to hold his family...
Series
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Felicity: In Colonial America, shortly before the American Revolution, a young girl tries to rescue a horse from an abusive owner.
Molly: Molly is a girl living in the year 1943 and WWII has brought many changes to Molly's life. An English girl comes to live with Molly's family to escape the bombings. They slowly become good friends.
Kit Kittredge: Set in Cincinnati at the height of the Great Depression, Kit Kittredge, a resourceful young girl,...
18) Khumba
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
A half-stripped zebra blamed for the drought in Great Karoo embarks on a quest to earn his stripes by finding the legendary waterhole and saving the animals back home.
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Kit Kittredge (2008). "Set in Cincinnati at the height of the Great Depression, Kit Kittredge, a resourceful young girl, helps her mother run a boardinghouse after her father loses his job."--www.imdb.com
Samantha (2004). "Set in 1904, "American Girls" revolves around Samantha as she moves in with her grandmother and learns how to become a proper Victorian young lady."--www.imdb.com
Molly (2006). "Molly is a girl living in the year 1944 and WWII...
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Adam (Charlie Plummer) is a witty, introspective teen pursuing his dream of becoming a chef. When Adam is diagnosed with a mental illness, he lives in fear of being exposed - until he meets Maya (Taylor Russell), an outspoken and fiercely intelligent girl who inspires him to open his heart and not be defined by his condition. With its inspiring journey of love, acceptance, and hope, Words on Bathroom Walls is a triumphant story of overcoming life's...