Reese Witherspoon
1) Whiskey in a teacup: what growing up in the South taught me about life, love, and baking biscuits
Author
Language
English
Description
"Academy Award-winning actress, producer, and entrepreneur Reese Witherspoon invites you into her world, where she infuses the southern style, parties, and traditions she loves with contemporary flair and charm"-- $c From the publisher.
2) Busy Betty
Author
Publisher
Flamingo Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Busy Betty has always been busy . . . even when she was just a baby! When Betty gives Frank a big hug, she realizes he needs a bath, PRONTO! Her best friend, Mae, is coming over, and Betty can't have the smelliest dog in the whole world! But giving Frank a bath is harder than she thought and just when everything seems impossible, with Mae's help, Betty learns she can accomplish anything with perseverance, teamwork, and one great idea." --book jacket....
Author
Publisher
Flamingo Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Lexile measure
AD 550L
Language
English
Description
Busy Betty has always been busy. Every day she wakes up with a million questions and a billion ideas! And today she has an amazing idea: she s throwing her mom a birthday party. Shhh . . . It s a surprise! Then Betty and her best friend, Mae, have the best idea of all: What if they threw Mom a circus surprise party?! It will be the greatest day in the history of the universe! Everything is perfect until Betty realizes oh, no! Mom s birthday isn't...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 10
Lexile measure
870L
Language
English
Description
"Maycomb, Alabama. Twenty-six-year-old Jean Louise Finch -- "Scout" -- returns home from New York City to visit her aging father, Atticus. Set against the backdrop of the civil rights tensions and political turmoil that were transforming the South, Jean Louise's homecoming turns bittersweet when she learns disturbing truths about her close-knit family, the town and the people dearest to her. Memories from her childhood flood back, and her values and...
Author
Language
English
Description
"Award-winning actresses and mother-daughter duo Laura Dern and Diane Ladd are the kind of women who draw strength from their lifelong friendships with other women, and most of all, from each other. Ever since Laura was born, the two have leaned on each other through the trials of everyday life and the tribulations that come with even the most storied Hollywood careers. They were always close, but when Diane developed a sudden illness, their relationship...
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2015].
Language
English
Description
To Kill a Mockingbird--Through the young eyes of Scout and Jem Finch, Harper Lee explores with rich humor and unswerving honesty the irrationality of adult attitudes toward race and class in the Deep South of the 1930s. The conscience of a town steeped in prejudice, violence, and hypocrisy is pricked by the stamina and quiet heroism of one man's struggle for justice--but the weight of history will only tolerate so much. Go Set a Watchman--Taking place...
7) Mud
Publisher
Lions Gate
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Two teenage boys help a fugitive evade bounty hunters and reunite with his true love.
Publisher
New Line Productions
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Four Christmases (2008, 88 min.): When happily unmarried San Francisco couple Kate and Brad find themselves socked in by fog on Christmas morning, their exotic vacation plans morph into the family-centric holiday they had, until now, gleefully avoided. Out of obligation, and unable to escape, they trudge to not one, but four relative-choked festivities.
Fred Claus (2008, 116 min.): Fred Claus has lived in his little brother's shadow for most of his...
11) Hot pursuit
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
By-the-book cop Cooper tries to protect Daniella from corrupt police officers and hitmen on their way to Dallas so Daniella can testify against a drug lord.
12) Walk the line
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Traces Johnny Cash's childhood, including his distant father to his early attempts at a music career. At this point in his life he marries his girlfriend Vivian. During a tour with singer/musicians Elvis and Jerry Lee Lewis, he encounters singer June Carter, and his love for her, and her rejection of him through the years, spurs him into drugs, drinking, and depression. June is both a sassy spitfire singer whose charm breaks hearts and eventually...
13) Sing: Sing 2
Publisher
SDS
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
A koala hopes to restore his theater to its former glory by producing a singing competition; Buster Moon and his friends must persuade a reclusive rock star to join their band for the opening of a new show.
14) Wild
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
A chronicle of one woman's 1,100-mile solo hike undertaken as a way to recover from a recent catastrophe.
15) S.F.W
Publisher
MGM Home Entainment
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
Held captive for 36 hours by terrorists who broadcast their ordeal live on network news, Cliff and Wendy have become national idols. But when they finally escape, only to be hounded by reporters ...
16) Best laid plans
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Description
After botching a robbery Nick and his girlfriend Lissa target his old college chum Bryce as an easy mark for fast cash. Before long all three young people find themselves entwined in a dangerous web of betrayal and seduction.
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Against all odds, a veterinary student and a beautiful circus performer from a bygone era meet and fall in love through their shared compassion for a special elephant. But their secret romance incurs the wrath of her dangerously volatile husband.
18) Walk the line
Language
English
Formats
Description
The love story of country stars Johnny Cash and June Carter during the early years of Cash's career with Sun Records in Memphis, where he recorded alongside Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Carl Perkins. With his driving freight-train chords, steel-eyed intensity and a voice as dark as the night, Cash revolutionized music and forges his legacy as a genuine Amercian icon.
19) Four Christmases
Publisher
New Line Cinema
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
When happily unmarried San Francisco couple Kate and Brad find themselves socked in by fog on Christmas morning, their exotic vacation plans morph into the family-centric holiday they had, until now, gleefully avoided. Out of obligation, and unable to escape, they trudge to not one, not two, but four relative-choked festivities.
20) Freeway
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
A dark comedy which retells the story of Little Red Riding Hood set against a modern background of prostitution, drugs and serial killers.