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1) Heidi
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.2 - AR Pts: 16
Lexile measure
960L
Language
English
Description
A Swiss orphan is heartbroken when she must leave her beloved grandfather and their happy home in the mountains to go to school and to care for an invalid girl in the city. Includes illustrated notes throughout the text explaining the historical backround of the story.
2) One by one
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Getting snowed in at a luxurious, rustic ski chalet doesn't sound like the worst problem in the world, especially with others to keep you company. Unless that company happens to be eight of your coworkers ... each with something to gain, something to lose, and something to hide. When the cofounder of Snoop, a trendy London-based tech startup, organizes a weeklong trip for the team in the French Alps, tensions simmer and loyalties are tested. Then...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
530L
Language
English
Description
Jack and Annie travel to a monastery in the Swiss Alps where, with the help of St. Bernard dogs and magic, they seek the second of four special objects necessary to break the spell on the wizard Merlin's beloved penguin, Penny.
4) Point Blank
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
670L
Language
English
Description
Fourteen-year-old Alex continues his work as a spy for the British MI6, investigating an exclusive school for boys in the French Alps.
7) Shiver
Author
Language
English
Description
"In this propulsive locked-room thriller debut, a reunion weekend in the French Alps turns deadly when five friends discover that someone has deliberately stranded them at their remote mountaintop resort during a snowstorm. When Milla accepts an off-season invitation to Le Rocher, a cozy ski resort in the French Alps, she's expecting an intimate weekend of catching up with four old friends. Yet no sooner do Milla and the others arrive for the reunion...
8) Downhill
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Barely escaping an avalanche during a family ski vacation in the Alps, a married couple is thrown into disarray as they are forced to reevaluate their lives and how they feel about each other.
Publisher
Film I Vast ; Plattform Produktions ; Eurimages
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
Swedish
Description
An idyllic family skiing vacation takes a stunning turn when an avalanche threatens the ski lodge restaurant, sending people fleeing and demanding quick decisions that change the course of the family dynamics and trust.
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Pietro lives in Milan; the only thing he shares with his parents is their love for the mountains that hug the border of Italy. While on vacation at the foot of the mountains in northwestern Italy, Pietro meets Bruno, an adventurous local boy. Together they spend many summers exploring the mountain's meadows and peaks and discover the similarities and differences in their lives, their backgrounds, and their futures. As their paths in life diverge--...
Publisher
Films Séville
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
Français
Description
"1943, les Hautes-Alpes françaises. L'existence paisible du petit Sébastien auprès de son grand-père César, vieil homme bourru porté sur l'alcool, est perturbée par l'arrivée dans la région d'un monstre sanguinaire qui tue les moutons des villageois. Pendant que ces derniers traquent la bête pour l'abattre, le garçon courageux et débrouillard la retrouve et réalise qu'il s'agit d'un imposant, mais bienveillant chien berger...
13) Alpine for you
Author
Series
Passport to peril mystery volume 1
Publisher
Center Point Pub
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Series
Publisher
PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
He's been dead for more than 5,000 years and poked, prodded, and probed by scientists for the last 20. Yet Otzi the Iceman, the famous mummified corpse pulled from a glacier in the Italian Alps, continues to keep many secrets. Now, through an autopsy like none other, scientists will attempt to unravel mysteries about the ancient mummy, revealing not only the details of Otzi's death but also an entire way of life.
Series
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Play Misty for me: A radio disc jockey becomes the victim of psychotic obsession when he tries to end a torrid love affair with a fan.
The Eiger sanction: A professional assassin is forced out of retirement in order to avenge a friend's murder in the Swiss Alps.
Coogan's bluff: An Arizona lawman's unorthodox methods of capturing an escaped murderer angers a tough NYC police lieutenant.
The beguiled: A wounded soldier finds shelter in an all-girls...
20) Iceman reborn
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Murdered more than 5,000 years ago, Otzi the Iceman is the oldest human mummy on Earth. Now, newly discovered evidence sheds light not only on this mysterious ancient man, but on the dawn of civilization in Europe.
