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Huck is a young, naive white boy fleeing from his drunken, dangerous Pa and Jim is a runaway slave longing to be reunited with his family. Flung together by circumstance, they journey down the Mississippi together on a log raft, each in search of his own definition of freedom. Their daring adventures along the way provide both entertainment and a satirical look at the moral values of the Deep South of the 1800s.
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Late October. After midnight. You’re waiting up for your eighteen-year-old son. He’s past curfew. As you watch from the window, he emerges, and you realize he isn’t alone: he’s walking toward a man, and he’s armed. You can’t believe it when you see him do it: your funny, happy teenage son, he kills a stranger, right there on the street outside your house. You don’t know who. You don’t know why. You only know your son is now in custody,...
3) Boyhood
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Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
2015.
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1 DVD (164 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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A groundbreaking story of growing up as seen through the eyes of a boy named Mason, who ages from six to eighteen years old on screen.
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American Girl Publishing
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[2017]
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112 pages ; cm.
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"From the author of the bestselling Care & Keeping of You series! This book will provide you with the answers that will help you take care of yourself better, from hair care to healthy eating, bad breath to shaving, acne to voice changes, and everything in between. With tips, how-tos, and facts from a real pediatrician, it's the perfect book to help you learn about your body's changes."--Amazon.com.
6) Redwoods
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A young city boy, riding the subway, finds an abandoned book about redwoods. He finds himself in the very forest described in the book. After finishing the book, he leaves it for someone else to read.
10) The Fabelmans
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SDS
Pub. Date
[2023]
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A coming-of-age story of a young man fascinated with filmmaking and its power to distill the truth about the world around him.
11) Grandpa Green
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A child explores the ordinary life of his extraordinary great-grandfather, as expressed in his topiary garden.
14) Mud
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Lionsgate
Pub. Date
©2013
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1 DVD (130 minutes) : digital, sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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Two teenage boys help a fugitive evade bounty hunters and reunite with his true love.
15) John's turn
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Candlewick Press
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Every Friday at school there's an assembly with announcements and maybe a guest. Then one of the kids gets to do something for the whole school. A performance. Today it's John's turn; what will he do?
16) Wonder
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Lionsgate
Pub. Date
2018
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Based on the New York Times best seller, this tells the incredibly inspiring and heartwarming story of August Pullman, a boy with facial differences who enters fifth grade, attending a mainstream elementary school for the first time.
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[2021]
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In the 1950s, ex-boxer Norman Alonso is a determined and humble Jamaican who has immigrated to Britain with his wife and children to secure a brighter future. Blighted with unexpected illness and racism, Norman and his family are resilient, but are all too aware that their family will need more than just hope to survive in their new country. At the turn of the millennium, Jesse seeks a fresh start in London, escaping a broken immediate family, a...
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Last kids on Earth volume 1
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After a monster apocalypse hits town, average thirteen-year-old Jack Sullivan builds a team of friends to help slay the eerily intelligent monster known as Blarg.
20) Yosemite
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Monterey Media
Pub. Date
[2016]
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1 DVD (82 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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In the fall of 1985, the tales of three 5th grade friends unfold in Palo Alto as the community is threatened by a mountain lion.
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