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Author
Lexile measure
1310L
Language
English
Description
In Anthony Burgess?s influential nightmare vision of the future, where the criminals take over after dark, the story is told by the central character, Alex, a teen who talks in a fantastically inventive slang that evocatively renders his and his friends? intense reaction against their society. Dazzling and transgressive, A Clockwork Orange is a frightening fable about good and evil and the meaning of human freedom. This edition includes the controversial...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 19
Language
English
Description
On the heels of his hugely successful "Dreamcatchers" King delivers another classic novel about boys, men, and a terrifying force only they can contain. The state police of Troop D in rural Pennsylvania have kept a secret in Shed B out back of the barracks ever since 1979, when Troopers Ennis Rafferty and Curtis Wilcox answered a call from a gas station just down the road and came back with an abandoned Buick Roadmaster. Curt Wilcox knew old cars,...
4) Cry macho
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
A one-time rodeo star and washed-up horse breeder who, in 1978, takes a job from an ex-boss to bring the man's young son home and away from his alcoholic mom. Crossing rural Mexico on their way back to Texas, the unlikely pair faces an unexpectedly challenging journey, during which the world-weary horseman may find his own sense of redemption through teaching the boy what it means to be a good man.
5) Luca
Publisher
Disney/Pixar
Language
English
Formats
Description
Set in a seaside town on the Italian Riviera, a young boy experiences an unforgettable summer. Luca shares his amazing adventures with his newfound friend Alberto, but their fun is threatened by a deeply held secret: they're sea monsters from another world just below the water's surface.
Publisher
Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
This production of Eugene O'Neill's nostalgic paean to the rites of adolescence has been hailed for its beauty, intimacy and good humor. Set in New England in the days of America's innocence, the affectionate comedy presents a young man's coming of age during a summer in which he experiemnts with poetry, politics, wicked women and alcohol and succumbs to his first romantic crush.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 10
Lexile measure
HL 940L
Language
English
Description
As the Civil Rights movement begins to reach the black enclave of Frenchtown in segregated Tallahassee, Elwood Curtis takes the words of Dr. Martin Luther King to heart: He is "as good as anyone." Abandoned by his parents, but kept on the straight and narrow by his grandmother, Elwood is about to enroll in the local black college. But for a black boy in the Jim Crow South of the early 1960s, one innocent mistake is enough to destroy the future. Elwood...
Series
Publisher
21 Laps Entertainment ; Jim Henson Company
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
It follows the exploits of eleven-year-old Alexander as he experiences the most terrible and horrible day of his young life, a day that begins with gum stuck in his hair, followed by one calamity after another. But when Alexander tells his upbeat family about the misadventures of his disastrous day, he finds little sympathy and begins to wonder if bad things only happen to him.
10) The marksman
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Jim is a former Marine who lives a solitary life as a rancher along the Arizona-Mexican border, but his peaceful existence soon comes crashing down when he tries to protect a boy on the run from members of a vicious cartel. When the boy's mother asks him to take her son to her family in Chicago, the two hit the road with the cartel's assassins in pursuit.
12) Pinocchio
Publisher
Samuel Goldwyn Films
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Old woodcarver Geppetto's puppet creation, Pinocchio, magically comes to life with dreams of becoming a real boy. Easily led astray, Pinocchio tumbles from one misadventure to another as he is tricked, kidnapped and chased by bandits.
13) Kung food
Publisher
Level 33 Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Super Bao, an innocent steamed stuffed bun, dreams of becoming a great hero like his ancestor. In order to realize this dream, he must battle the evil Pirate King and save the World of Foods.
14) Ponyo
Author
Series
Publisher
Viz Media, LLC
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Ponyo is a sweet-faced goldfish from a magical realm under the sea. One day, Ponyo's curiosity takes her far from home. After accidentally hitching a ride on a jellyfish, Ponyo washes up on the shore and is found by Sosuke, a kindly human boy. The two become fast friends and are swept away on an incredible adventure.
15) Tadpole
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
Most 15-year-old boys are obsessed with the opposite sex, Oscar is not exception. He is an honor student at an exclusive prep school, he is confident, intelligent, speaks fluent French, and is well versed in literary works. His parents are divorced and his father has recently remarried. Sensing that his stepmother isn't happy in the marriage, Oscar begins waging a low-key but ardent campaign to seduce her. His efforts to bed Eve attract the attention...
16) 12 o'clock boys
Publisher
Red Gap Film Group, LLC ;Lotfy Nathan
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
A notorious urban dirt bike pack in Baltimore that pops wheelies, weaves at excessive speeds through traffic, and impressively evades the hamstrung police. Their stunning antics are viewed through the eyes of adolescent Pug, a bright kid from the Westside obsessed with the riders and willing to do anything to join their ranks.
17) The son
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
A cautionary tale that follows a family as it struggles to reunite after falling apart. Centers on Peter, whose hectic life with his infant and new partner Beth is upended when his ex-wife Kate appears at his door to discuss their son Nicholas, who is now a teenager. The young man has been missing school for months and is deeply troubled. Peter strives to take care of Nicholas as he would have wanted his father to have taken care of him while juggling...
18) Ben is back
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Ben Burns, a drug-addicted teenager, shows up unexpectedly to visit his family on Christmas Eve. His wary mother welcomes him, but after finding out he's still in danger, she must to do everything she can to help her family.
19) Explorers
Series
Language
English
Description
The visionary dreams of three curious and adventuresome young boys become an exciting reality when three boys in their makeshift laboratory, use their ingenuity to build their own spaceship and launch themselves on a fantastic interplanetary journey.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Free Willy (1993, 112 min.): A boy risks everything to save a beloved killer whale when he learns the aquarium owners are going to kill it.
Free Willy 2 (1995, 98 min.): Jesse and Willy are reunited three years after Willy's escape as Jesse tries to rescue him and other orcas from an oil spill.
Free Willy 3 (1997, 86 min.): Jesse and his friend Randolph try to stop an illegal whaler who is trying to kill Willy and his pregnant mate.
Free Willy:...