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1) The giver
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
760L
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
Description
Lowry's unforgettable tale introduces 12-year-old Jonas, who is singled out by the Community to be trained by The Giver. The Giver alone holds the memories of true pain and pleasure. Now it's time for Jonas to receive the truth.
Given his lifetime assignment at the Ceremony of Twelve, Jonas becomes the receiver of memories shared by only one other in his community and discovers the terrible truth about the society in which he lives.
Author
Publisher
One True Publishing
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"We all long to feel empowered and fulfilled in our lives, yet so often we feel far from it. The journey to sustained happiness seems long, and the path there indiscernible. But you're not alone. Transformation Life Coach Kimberley Bell guides you along the way. She shares proven practices and insights to help you discover your personal power and live from a stance of love, not fear. Whether you're navigating a mid-life crisis, feeling challenged...
4) Contagion
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Language
English
Formats
Description
A thriller centered on the threat posed by a deadly disease and an international team of doctors contracted by the CDC to deal with the outbreak.
5) Contagion
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
A thriller centered on the threat posed by a deadly disease and an international team of doctors contracted by the CDC to deal with the outbreak.
6) Naked lunch
Series
Criterion collection volume 220
Language
English
Formats
Description
Part-time pest-control man and full-time drug addict Bill Lee (Weller) seeks escape from his troubled existence in 1953 New York and flees to Interzone (a hallucinatory version of Tangiers) where reality and fantasy have merged. It's a strange, surreal landscape inhabited by mugwumps, half-alien, half-insect creatures, man-sized centipedes, carnivorous typewriters and bizarre humans. Compelled to make sense of this alien territory, he writes a book...
Pub. Date
1998
Language
English
Description
When ruthless media mogul Rod McCain acquires England's Marwood Zoo, he sends his sexy marketing executive and his lecherous son to whip the place into shape, but they discover Marwood's straitlaced director has already implemented his own harebrained scheme to boost attendance: from now on the zoo will do away with cute, cuddly animals and display only "fierce creatures."
8) Fire wars
Publisher
WGBH Boston Video
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Nova goes on the fire line with a team of elite Hotshots to fight one of the worst fire seasons ever in the American west.
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Set against the seamy and steamy Miami underworld, stubble-faced detective Sonny Crockett lives in a sailboat that is guarded by his pet alligator Elvis. His partner, Ricardo Tubbs, is an ex-New York cop looking for his brother's killer. Together they take on the Florida drug world.
Publisher
Echo Bridge Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Equilibrium: Mankind has outlawed the things that trigger emotion, and to uphold the law, a special breed of police is assigned to eliminate all transgressors. But when the top enforcer misses a dose of emotion-blocking drug, he begins to realize that things are not as they seem. / Imposter: At a time when the Earth has been at war with an alien force for over a decade, the latest work of government scientist Spencer Olham promises to save the planet....