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Author
Pub. Date
2010
Description
Narrator Jack and his mother, who was kidnapped seven years earlier when she was a 19-year-old college student, celebrate his fifth birthday. They live in a tiny, 11-foot-square soundproofed cell in a converted shed in the kidnapper's yard. The sociopath, whom Jack has dubbed Old Nick, visits at night, grudgingly doling out food and supplies. But Ma, as Jack calls her, proves to be resilient and resourceful--and attempts a nail-biting escape.
Author
Series
Carter Blake thrillers volume 1
Formats
Description
When an infamous killer escapes from prison two weeks before his scheduled execution, Carter Blake, a manhunter with special talents, teams up with an FBI special agent in a case that is overshadowed by deceptions and corruption.
Author
Publisher
G. P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm.
Description
El pulpo vivía feliz en su cueva submarina hasta que un día, un buzo lo captura y lo lleva a vivir a un acuario. Los humanos le dan comida y le ponen pruebas que parecen juguetes. Pero todos los días son iguales, y el pulpo pronto se cansa de la vida cautiva. Y así, al amparo de la oscuridad, emprende un escape audaz.
"An octopus plots his escape from an aquarium"--
Series
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (1 hr., 48 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
After landing himself in jail trying to break out his friend, Jack Burns finds himself alone and on the run from the law. Leading the manhunt is Sheriff Morey Johnson, who must bring Burns to justice despite his own sympathy for the fugitive.
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Appears on list
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"In June, 1954, eighteen-year-old Emmett Watson is driven home to Nebraska by the warden of the juvenile work farm where he has just served fifteen months for involuntary manslaughter. His mother long gone, his father recently deceased, and the family farm foreclosed upon by the bank, Emmett's intention is to pick up his eight-year-old brother, Billy, and head to California where they can start their lives anew. But when the warden drives away, Emmett...
8) The keeper
Author
Series
Vega Jane volume 2
Formats
Description
Vega Jane and her friend Delph have taken the map that Quentin Harris left them and set out from the town of Wormwood, determined to brave the Quag and find freedom on the other side--but the Quag was designed to keep the town people in, and it is filled with bloodthirsty creatures and sinister magic, and it is not going to let them escape unscathed.
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (113 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
After his memory is erased, a teenage boy is placed into a remote community with other teens and they learn that they must work together to escape the perils of a giant maze and find their way to freedom.
10) Escape
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Series
Description
As Chicago PD’s special-ops leader, Detective Billy Harney knows well that money is not the only valuable currency. The filthy rich man he’s investigating is down to his last twenty million. He’s also being held in jail. For now. Billy’s unit is called in when an escape plan results in officers down and inmates vanished. In an empty lot, Billy spots two Kevlar vests. Two helmets. Two assault rifles. And a handwritten note: "Hi, Billy. Are...
11) Stolen children
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Formats
Description
When armed thugs crash into the house and take them away to a cabin in the woods, babysitter Amy realizes she and little Kendra have become pawns in a dangerous ransom plot and so must find a way for the two of them to escape safely before their captors make their next move.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2004.
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (142 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Harry, Ron, and Hermione, now teenagers, return for their third year at Hogwarts. There they are forced to face escaped prisoner Sirius Black, who poses a great threat to Harry. Harry must overcome the threats of Dementors, outsmart a werewolf, and finally deal with the truth about Sirius and his relationship with his parents. Harry and friends master advanced magic classes, cross time barriers, and change the course of more than one life.
Author
Series
Miss Peregrine volume 2
Publisher
Quirk Books
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
399 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Description
Having escaped Miss Peregrine's island by the skin of their teeth, Jacob and his new friends must journey to London (circa 1940), the "peculiar" capital of the world. Illustrations feature vintage photography.
Author
Series
Pets on the loose! volume 2
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2016-
Physical Desc
volumes : color illustrations ; 24 cm
15) Balloon
Publisher
Icarus Films Home Video
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (125 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Set in 1979 East Germany, two families hatch a plan to escape to the West in a homemade hot air balloon.
Publisher
Samuel Goldwyn Films
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (93 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Tells the story of two young Slovak Jews, who managed to escape from Auschwitz and later compiled a detailed report of the inner workings of the Auschwitz camp, documenting the atrocities and systematic genocide that were taking place there.
17) Chickenhare
Author
Publisher
Graphix
Pub. Date
c2013
Physical Desc
157 p. : chiefly col. ill. ; 23 cm.
Description
"Night is falling on the frozen landscape as Chickenhare and his turtle friend Abe find themselves on their way to be sold to Klaus, an insane taxidermist with a penchant for unique animals and enough emotional baggage to go on a very long vacation. With the help of two mysterious new companions, our fuzzy, feathered, and amphibious heroes endeavor to escape their dire fate. But they soon discover that might not be so easy when they get caught up...
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (93 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Based on the true story of Forrest Tucker's escape from San Quentin at the age of 70. The escape enchanted the public and confounded the authorities. Detective John Hunt became captivated with Forrest's commitment to his craft.
Author
Series
Adventurer's guide volume 1
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
374 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
Description
"In a magickal world of floating tiers, mischievous dragons, and endless bureaucracy, Anne and her friends embark on a Rightful Heir Quest to claim her place in the Hierarchy and escape horrible consequences"--
Author
Publisher
NubeOcho
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 21 x 29 cm
Description
"Este pez pequeñito tiene un sombrero que no le pertenece. ¡Se lo robó a un pez grande! El sombrero es azul y muy bonito, le queda muy bien. Y además, el pez grande no vio cómo lo robaba. Y seguramente, aunque lo hubiera visto, no se imagina dónde se va a esconder. Nunca lo encontrará. ¿O sí?"--
A tiny minnow wearing a pale blue bowler hat has a thing or two up his fins in this underwater light-on-dark chase scene.
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