Catalog Search Results
3) The harvest
Publisher
Scream Factory
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 104 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
An erratic mother goes to radical extremes to protect her sick son from a teenage girl who has befriended him.
Author
Series
Jack Sawyer series volume 1
Formats
Description
"Jack Sawyer, a twelve years old, is about to begin a most fantastic journey, an exalting, terrifying quest for the mystical Talisman--the only thing that can save Jack's dying mother. But to reach his goal, Jack must make his way not only across the breadth of the United States but also through the wondrous and menacing parallel world of the Territories. In the Territories, Jack finds another realm, where the air is so sweet and clear a man can smell...
6) Boyhood
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (164 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
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.
Publisher
Paramount Classics
Pub. Date
[2001], c2000
Physical Desc
1 DVD (110 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Sammy is a single mom living in a small Catskill town with her eight-year-old son. A lot happens all at once to Sammy as she, sort of, picks up with an old boyfriend, gets a new boss and her wayward brother finally shows up after months of no communication. A crisis of sorts ensues when the son meets his estranged father.
Author
Publisher
Flamboyant
Pub. Date
2022
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations, 31 cm
Description
Martín tiene una imaginación desbordante que a veces le juega malas pasadas. Se imagina que ocurrirán cosas catastróficas y, de lo mucho que se preocupa, tirita como un flan. ¿Y si explotan todos los globos en la fiesta? ¿Y si se pierde en la excursión con su clase? Pero entonces su madre decide darle la vuelta a sus miedos... ¿Y si lo mejor está por llegar?
Martín has an overflowing imagination that sometimes plays tricks on him. He imagines...
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (ca. 112 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Present day Scotland. A tale is told to a couple of American tourists by a kindly gentleman in a pub. Angus is a lonely boy who pines for his father, who is serving in the Royal Navy during World War II. Angus, along with his sister and mother, live on an estate that has been billeted by soldiers in the Scottish Highlands, near Loch Ness. The troop's commander has an eye for mom, is suspicious about a mysterious handyman, Lewis, who is also a war...
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
316 pages : illustrations and maps ; 25 cm
Description
When the U.S. began its withdrawal from Afghanistan and the Afghan Army instantly collapsed, Homeira Qaderi was marked for death at the hands of the Taliban. A celebrated author, academic, and champion for women's liberation, Homeira had achieved celebrity in her home country by winning custody of her son in acontentious divorce, a rarity in Afghanistan's patriarchal society. Homeira tried and failed to escape with her family through the turmoil of...
12) My must-have mom
Author
Formats
Description
"When Jake's mom upcycles every last thing in the apartment, Jake begins to worry that the only thing left to change is... him!" --
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (101 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Max has an active imagination, who will throw a fit if others don't go along with what he wants. Following an incident with his sister Claire and her friends, Max throws a tantrum when his mother pays more attention to her boyfriend than to him - runs away from home. Wearing his wolf costume at the time, Max not only runs away physically, but runs toward a world in his imagination. This world, an ocean away, is inhabited by large wild beasts, including...
14) Disturbia
Publisher
DreamWorks
Pub. Date
c2007
Physical Desc
1 DVD (104 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
After his father's death, Kale Brecht becomes a sullen, withdrawn, and troubled young man. He finds himself under a court-ordered sentence of house arrest after a run-in with the law. His mother, Julie, works night and day to support herself and her son, only to be met with Kale's indifference and lethargy. As the walls of his house begin to close in on Kale, he turns into a voyeur as his interests turn outside the windows of his suburban home towards...
Author
Appears on list
Description
Twelve-year-old Bird Gardner lives a quiet existence with his loving but broken father, a former linguist who now shelves books in Harvard University's library. Bird knows to not ask too many questions, stand out too much, or stray too far. For a decade, their lives have been governed by laws written to preserve"American culture" in the wake of years of economic instability and violence. To keep the peace and restore prosperity, the authorities are...
16) Pelo malo
Pub. Date
2015
Physical Desc
1 DVD (92 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A nine-year-old boy's preening obsession with straightening his hair elicits a tidal wave of homophobic panic in his hard-working mother.
Didn't find it?
Can't find what you are looking for? Let us know! Suggest a Title