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1) Dogtooth
Publisher
Kino International
Pub. Date
[2011]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (94 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A darkly surreal look at three teenagers confined to an isolated country estate and kept under strict rule and regimen by their parents - an alternately hilarious and nightmarish experiment of manipulation and oppression.
Series
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2003], c1993
Physical Desc
1 DVD (114 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Caroline just wants to settle down in one place, find a decent guy, and provide a better home for her handful of a son, Toby. When she moves to Seattle and meets Dwight, she thinks she's got it made. Toby, however, feels differently after spending time with Dwight while away from Caroline. Dwight seems to want to mold Toby into a better person, but to do so he emotionally, verbally, and physically abuses the kid. The marriage proceeds, and soon Caroline,...
6) Gossamer
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
c2006
Physical Desc
140 p. ; 22 cm.
Description
While learning to bestow dreams, a young dream giver tries to save an eight-year-old boy from the effects of both his abusive past and the nightmares inflicted on him by the frightening Sinisteeds.
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"From the #1 New York Times bestselling author, a novel about the power of family to harm--and to heal. Within the walls of a tasteful, perfectly kept house in North Carolina's Blue Ridge Mountains, young Zane Bigelow feels like a prisoner of war. Strangers--and even Zane's own aunt across the lake--see his parents as a successful surgeon and his stylish wife, making appearances at their children's ballet recitals and baseball games. Zane and his...
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Nora Brown teaches high school English and lives a quiet life in Seattle with her husband and six-year-old daughter. But one November day, moments after dismissing her class, a girl's face appears above the students' desks -- ''a wild numinous face with startling blue eyes, a face floating on top of shapeless drapes of purples and blues where arms and legs should have been. Terror rushes through Nora's body -- the kind of raw terror you feel when...
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"In the middle of the night, in a house on a quiet street in suburban Minneapolis, intruders silently murder Luke Ellis's parents and load him into a black SUV. The operation takes less than two minutes. Luke will wake up at The Institute, in a room that looks just like his own, except there's no window. And outside his door are other doors, behind which are other kids with special talents-telekinesis and telepathy-who got to this place the same way...
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Pub. Date
2021.
Formats
Description
"Left on the train platform of some strange village, eight-year-old Saffron Faith Anders is certain her father will return shortly, just like he promised. She holds out hope as the hour grows late and the station sets to close. She clings to her suitcase like a life raft. When a peculiar old woman carrying a large umbrella approaches and inquires about her situation, Saffron doesn't immediately trust the imposing do-gooder, but eventually does agree...
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Series
Dollanganger family series volume 3
Publisher
Pocket Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
374 pages ; 18 cm
14) Mom and dad
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Formats
Description
A teenage girl and her little brother must survive a wild 24 hours during which a mass hysteria of unknown origins causes parents to turn violently on their own kids.
15) Junk boy
Author
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
352 pages ; 22 cm
Description
"Bobby, who is bullied by the kids at school for living in a home with a front yard that is filled with garbage, meets a young artist who teaches him to see himself as more than "Junk Boy.""--
Author
Series
Dollanganger family series volume 4
Publisher
Pocket Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
408 pages ; 18 cm.
17) The phenom
Publisher
RLJ Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (85 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Ever since Hopper was a child, he has dreamed of becoming a major-league pitcher. Relentlessly pushed and punished by his abusive father, he's on the verge of becoming one of the game's most promising players when he unexpectedly breaks down on the mound. Now Hopper's only hope for a future lies with an unorthodox sports therapist who urges him to piece together the past and confront the man who is both bully and family.
19) Mean dreams
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (108 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Jonas, a local farm boy, and Casey, the daughter of an abusive, corrupt police officer, run away relentlessly pursued by Casey's father.
Publisher
Penguin Random House Grupo USA
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
255 pages ; 23 cm.
Description
"Éstas y más preguntas se resolverón a lo largo de las capítulos de este libro, gracias a la intervención de las voces expertas de Moisés Laniado Kassin, Katina Medina Mora, Josefina Lira Plascencia, Francisco lbargüengoitia Ochoa, Marcos Pérez Esquer, María Beatriz Müler, Liliana Mora Espinosa, María del Rosario Alfaro Martínez, Denisse Meade Guaudry y María Cecilia López, bajo la coordinación de Josefina Vázquez Mota. Asimismo, las...
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