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On an April day in 1937, the sky opens and fire rains down upon the small Spanish town of Guernica. Seventeen-year-old Sibi and her family is caught up in the horror. Griff, an American military attaché, pulls Sibi from the wreckage, and it's only the first time he saves her life in a span of hours. When Germany claims no involvement in the attack, insisting the Spanish Republic was responsible, Griff guides Sibi to lie to Nazi officials. If she...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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The book takes readers "behind the scenes" at four different wildlife rehabilitation centers, where animals are nursed back to health and released back into the wild when possible. Includes "For Creative Minds" educational section.
Author
Publisher
Negra Alfaguara
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
Español
Description
Un día tórrido de verano, la inspectora Elena Blanco, al frente de la Brigada de Análisis de Casos, allana la vivienda de una familia y llega hasta la habitación del hijo adolescente. En la pantalla de su ordenador se confirman sus sospechas: el chico está viendo en directo cómo dos encapuchados torturan a una joven. Importente, presencia el sádico espectáculo hasta la muerte de la víctima. ¿Cuántas antes habrán caído en manos de la Red...
8) Cloud atlas
Publisher
Warner Bros
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
An exploration of how the actions of individual lives impact one another in the past, present and future, as one soul is shaped from a killer into a hero, and an act of kindness ripples across centuries to inspire a revolution. The story is a time-shifting weave of six interlinking narratives, with diverse settings from the savagery of a Pacific Island in the 1850s to a dystopian Korea of the near future.
9) Gravity
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Dr. Ryan Stone is a brilliant medical engineer on her first shuttle mission with veteran astronaut Matt Kowalsky. On a seemingly routine spacewalk, the shuttle is destroyed, leaving Stone and Kowalsky spiraling out into the blackness. The deafening silence tells them they have lost any link to Earth and any chance for rescue. As fear turns to panic, every gulp of air eats away at what little oxygen is left, and the only way home may be to go further...
10) The tourist
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
During an impromptu trip to Europe to mend a broken heart, Frank unexpectedly finds himself in a flirtatious encounter with Elise, an extraordinary woman who deliberately crosses his path. Against the breathtaking backdrop of Paris and Venice, their whirlwind romance quickly evolves as they find themselves unwittingly thrust into a deadly game of cat and mouse.
Author
Publisher
Graphix
Pub. Date
2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 1.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
Español
Description
"Despues de una tragedia familiar, Emily y Navin se mudan con su mamá a una vieja casa que siempre ha pertenecido a la familia. La idea es comenzar una nueva vida allí, pero en la primera noche en la misteriosa casa, una criatura con tentáculos secuestra a la mamá. Ahora, Emily y Navin tendrán que encontrar la manera de rescatarla."-- Back cover.
"After the tragic death of their father, Emily and Navin move with their mother to the home of...
12) Night swim
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
Ray Waller, a former major league baseball player is forced into early retirement by a degenerative illness, he moves into a new home with his concerned wife Eve, teenage daughter Izzy, and young son Elliot. Secretly hoping, against the odds, to return to pro ball, Ray persuades Eve that the new home's shimmering backyard swimming pool will be fun for the kids and provide physical therapy for him. But a dark secret in the home's past will unleash...
Publisher
Televisa
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
Español
Description
Ivan's mother takes a job as a servant for the Lomeli Curiel family. One of the Curiels' daughters seduces Ivan and becomes pregnant, and the daughter's mother sends men out to beat him. During the brawl, one of the men is killed and Ivan is wrongfully accused of the crime. Having nothing to lose, Ivan crosses the border illegally into the U.S. where he meets an older businessman who adopts him and pays for his education. After eleven years, he returns...
14) Dune
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Paul Atreides, a brilliant, gifted young man born into a destiny beyond his understanding, must travel to the most dangerous planet in the universe to ensure the future of his family and people. As malevolent forces explode into conflict over the planet's exclusive supply of the most precious resource in existence, only those who can conquer their fear will survive.
15) Big hero 6
Publisher
Walt Disney Studios
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Robotics prodigy Hiro Hamada learns to harness his genius, thanks to his brilliant brother Tadashi and their like-minded friends: adrenaline junkie Go Go Tamago, neatnik Wasabi, chemistry whiz Honey Lemon, and fanboy Fred. When a devastating turn of events catapults them into the midst of a dangerous plot unfolding in the streets of San Fransokyo, Hiro turns to his closest companion - a robot named Baymax - and transforms the group into a band of...
16) Whiplash
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Andrew Neyman is an ambitious young jazz drummer, single-minded in his pursuit to rise to the top of his elite east coast music conservatory. Plagued by the failed writing career of his father, Andrew hungers day and night to become one of the greats. Terence Fletcher, an instructor equally known for his teaching talents as for his terrifying methods, leads the top jazz ensemble in the school. Fletcher discovers Andrew and transfers the aspiring drummer...
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
In acclaimed director Edgar Wright's psychological thriller, Eloise, an aspiring fashion designer, is mysteriously able to enter the 1960s where she encounters a dazzling wannabe singer, Sandie. But the glamour is not all it appears to be and the dreams of the past start to crack and splinter into something far darker.
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
After Albert backs out of a gunfight, his fickle girlfriend leaves him for another man. When a mysterious and beautiful woman rides into town, she helps him find his courage and they begin to fall in love. But when her husband, a notorious outlaw, arrives seeking revenge, the farmer must put his newfound courage to the test.
19) Darkest hour
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
During the early days of World War II, the fate of Western Europe hangs on the newly appointed British Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, who must decide whether to negotiate with Hitler, or fight on against incredible odds.
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