Paul Ryan
1) Home room
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
When a high school is torn apart by mindless violence, two opposing teenage girls find themselves trapped together, trying to reconstruct their fractured lives.
2) Spin
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Eight year old Eddie is left parentless when the plane his father is piloting crashes into a mountain near their home. Frank, Eddie's uncle, who is also a pilot, is left with the responsibility of caring for the boy. Soon, however, Frank leaves for a job overseas and leaves Eddie in the care of ranch manager Ernesto and his school-teacher wife Margaret. When Frank returns ten years later, it is to fulfill his brother's wish that Eddie be taught to...
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
High school soccer prodigy Sara Davis juggles life, love and sports on her way to becoming the youngest player ever selected to the U.S. National Team. Conflicts arise as Sara deals with her over-zealous sports dad, a free-spirited boyfriend and her hectic existence in the social quicksand commonly known as high school.
Series
Criterion collection volume 417
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Northern England, the early 1960's. Frank Machin is a coal miner who is mean, tough and ambitious enough to rise up and become an immediate professional rugby star. The rugby league team is run by local employer Weaver. Machin lodges with Mrs Hammond, whose husband was killed in an accident at Weaver's, but his impulsive and angry nature stop him from being able to reach her as he would like. He becomes increasingly frustrated with his situation....