Lynne Thigpen
Author
Series
Publisher
Open Road Media
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Formats
Description
Edgar Award Winner: A teenager and his family must uncover the haunting historical legacy of their Civil War–era house.
Shortly after moving into an old, spooky home, thirteen-year-old Thomas Small and his family start hearing strange noises. The house has a past, and when Thomas discovers a hidden passageway that may have been part of the Underground Railroad, the family realizes the house has a history as well. To find out
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2003]
Edition
Full screen special ed.
Language
English
Description
"After a small misunderstanding aboard an airplane escalates out of control, timid businessman Dave Buznik (Sandler) is ordered by the court to undergo anger management therapy at the hands of specialist Dr. Buddy Rydell (Nicholson). But when Buddy steps up his aggressive treatment by moving in, Dave goes from mild to wild as the unorthodox treatment wreaks havoc with his life"--Container.
5) Steal away
Author
Publisher
Orchard Books
Pub. Date
c1992
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
In 1855 two thirteen-year-old girls, one white and one black, run away from a southern farm and make the difficult journey north to freedom, living to recount their story forty-one years later to two similar young girls.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Blankman: He has no superpowers, no money and no name. He's Blankman, a self-appointed neighborhood crimestopper who's so broke that he fights crime in his underwear.
Mo' money: A lifelong con-man meets a girl and tries to impress her by cleaning up his act and doing things the honest way.
Little man: When a stolen diamond is stashed in the home of a wannabe father and his workaholic wife, a pint-sized jewel thief poses as the world's ugliest baby...
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
c1968
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
A compilation, selected from various sources and arranged chronologically, of the reminiscences of slaves and ex-slaves about their experiences from the leaving of Africa through the Civil War and into the early twentieth century.