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Wishin' and hopin' volume 2
Language
English
Description
"Rhia book centers on Felix, a film scholar who runs a Monday night movie club in what was once a vaudeville theater. (Felix appeared in Lamb's novel Wishin' and Hopin') Against the backdrop of a kaleidoscopic convergence of politics and pop culture, family secrets, and Hollywood iconography, Felix gains an enlightened understanding of the pressures and trials of the women closest to him, and of the feminine ideals and feminist realities that all...
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Fly Guy volume 18
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
530L
Language
English
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Buzz is filming a movie about aliens from Outer Space, who capture Fly Guy and Buzz Boy--and our two heroes must outsmart the aliens, with some help from Dragon Dude and Fly Girl.
3) Finally
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Series
Willow Falls series volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 9
Lexile measure
750L
Language
English
Description
After her twelfth birthday, Rory checks off a list of things she is finally allowed to do, but unexpected consequences interfere with her involvement in the movie being shot at her school, while a weird prediction starts to make sense.
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English
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Nora Hamilton is slowly getting out of debt after her husband left her and their two children. She makes a living writing formulaic scripts for the Romance Channel, a Hallmarkesque network, in the little tea cottage behind her crumbling old house. Except after Ben left, she wrote a different kind of script, and now it is being made into a prestige film starring Leo Vance. Filming only takes a few days, but Leo doesn't leave. He needs a break from...
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Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"WE SEE EACH OTHER is a personal history of trans visibility since the beginning of moving images. A literary reckoning, it unearths a transcestry that's long existed in plain sight and in the shadows of history's annals, and further contextualizes our present moment of increased representation. The films and television shows that Tre'vell covers include: Midnight In The Garden Of Good And Evil, Psycho, Holiday Heart, Boy's Don't Cry, America's Next...
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English
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The British working class is once again the empathetic subject of Ken Loach's Sorry We Missed You, a wrenching,intimate family drama that exposes the dark side of the so-called “gig economy.” Ricky, a former laborer, and his home-attendant wife Abby-who lost their home in the 2008 financial crash-are desperate to get out of their economic distress. When an opportunity comes up for Ricky to work as his own boss as a delivery driver, they trade...
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Babymouse: Tales from the locker volume 1
Babymouse.Tales from the locker volume 01
Babymouse Tales from the locker volume 1
Babymouse.Tales from the locker volume 01
Babymouse Tales from the locker volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
420L
Language
English
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"Babymouse joins the school Film Club and writes the greatest cinematic masterpiece of all time! But when the movie gets shown to the entire school, will it be a box office hit or a flop?"--
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English
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Growing up poor and largely abandoned on the streets of 1920's Chicago, Anna Finnegan has struggled her entire life. Until a talent manager discovers her and brings her into the world of theater. Now years later she's about to start shooting her first movie. Arriving on location in Redstone, Texas, in 1932, Anna steps off the train and collides into Dalton Barnes. He's lived in Redstone all his life and hates how the big city out-of-towners are gawking...
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Angel Island volume 3
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English
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While filming a movie on Angel Island, actress Charlie Miller falls for local fisherman Colin Doyle after he rescues her from drowning.
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Nancy Drew and the clue crew volume 8
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
590L
Language
English
Description
Look out, the Clue Crew is headed to Hollywood to meet the most famous cat in movies, Fluffington. But when Fluffington vanishes, the Clue Crew springs into action, because a movie is not a movie without its star!
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English
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"A movie director's death on set at a haunted manor launches Theodosia Browning into an electrifying investigation in this latest installment of the New York Times bestselling series. Theodosia and Drayton were expecting a mellow break from the bustle at the Indigo Tea Shop while catering a film, until the director ropes Theodosia into a role as a fortune teller. At the haunted Brittleback Manor, Theodosia's character will read tea leaves and give...
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English
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Hey, Waldo fans! Sharpen your eyes and your wits, because Waldo is taking you on a whole new star-studded adventure. That's right, you're going to Hollywood! Follow Waldo-if you can find him-through a cast of thousands on the bustling streets of the great movie classics. Is he there in the chorus line of that musical in production, or up on the ramparts of that epic war film? Or is our elusive, bespectacled hero right in the middle of the swashbuckling...
15) The unholy
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English
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The Black Box Cinema immortalized Hollywood's Golden Age in its gallery of film noir tributes. But the mannequin of that Egyptian priest is hardly lifeless. He walks--and a young starlet dies a terrifying death. Movie mogul Eddie Archer's son is charged with the grisly murder. Eddie calls agent Sean Cameron, who specializes in irregular investigations. As part of an FBI paranormal forensics team, Cameron knows that nightmares aren't limited to the...
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English
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"When we first meet Maria Lagana, she's rewriting scripts at Mercury Pictures, a failing Hollywood studio known for its schlock. Maria's job is to re-craft dialogue and action to circumvent the censors, a skill she's mysteriously adept at. Born in Italy, as a teenager Maria witnessed Mussolini's censors arrest her father, an event that will destroy her family and burden Maria with questions of guilt and responsibility she will carry with her throughout...
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English
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"When sparks fly between a good Amish girl and a hunky member of the Hollywood elite, even matchmaking innkeepers Esther and Lizzie know better than to fan the flames. Evelyn Schrock has dismissed the attempts of every young man in her small Amish community to court her. She's willing to wait for a suitor who shares her curiosities about life and faith. The only reason Jayce Clarkson is in Amish country hefting equipment for his famous father's movie...
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English
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"From the Academy Award-winning actor and best-selling author: his debut novel. The story of the making of a colossal, star-studded, multimillion-dollar superhero action film...and the humble comic book that inspired it. PART ONE of this story takes place in 1947. A troubled soldier, returning from the war, meets his talented five-year-old nephew, leaves an indelible impression, and then disappears for 23 years. Cut to 1970: The nephew, now drawing...
19) Movie for dogs
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
810L
Language
English
Description
When Andi's brother Bruce wants to enter a dog-themed film-making contest, Andi jumps at the opportunity to become a screenwriter. But neither of them expects what happens next -- a producer wants their movie! Can Andi and Bruce's show (and dogs) go Hollywood?
20) Director's cut
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
510L
Language
English
Description
"An abandoned movie set is said to be cursed after a film shoot gone terribly wrong. Disaster befalls those living on or near the set, and rumor has it the curse is to blame"--
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