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Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Ray Ferrier is a working class man living in New Jersey. He has become estranged from his family and his life isn't in order. His small town life is shaken violently by the arrival of destructive intruders: Aliens which have come up from the ground, en masse, to destroy Earth and all the humans living on it. As the aliens plow through the country in a wave of mass destruction and violence, Ray must put aside thoughts of himself and come to the defense...
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
After his wife is found dead, David decides to take his child, Emily, to live in a house upstate. She finds a weird imaginary friend named Charlie. He likes to play games, and is jealous of anyone who tries to come between Emily and her dad.
Author
Publisher
Vintage Español
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
Español
Description
"Pocos meses después de su viaje de novios y sin aún haber podido, o querido, adaptarse a su cambio de estado, Juan se entera casi sin querer de que Teresa, la primera mujer de su padre, se quitó la vida al regreso de su propia luna de miel. Sólo una persona conoce el porqué y ha guardado durante años ese oscuro secreto. A partir de ese momento, el narrador sentirá un creciente malestar --un 'presentimiento de desastre'-- respecto a...
5) Courageous
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Formats
Description
When a tragedy strikes close to home, four police officers struggle with their faith and their roles as husbands and fathers. Together they make a decision that will change all of their lives.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
Arresting killers is Manhattan detective LaMarca's job. This time is different, the fugitive suspect LaMarca is tracking ends up being his own son. LaMarca must bring the accused to justice. But as a father, he must put his job on the line to find a way to save his own son.
Author
Series
Narrativas hispánicas volume 636
Language
Español
Description
"Un padre y su hijo atraviesan Argentina por carretera desde Buenos Aires hasta las cataratas de Iguazú, en la frontera norte con Basil. Son los años de la junta militar, hay controles de soldados armados y tensión en el ambiente. El padre de Gaspar trata de protegerlo del destino que le ha sido asignado después de que su madre muriese en circunstancias poco claras: un accidente que quizás no lo fue. Como su padre, Gaspar está llamado...
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
Matt Calder (Mitchum), a widower, decides it's time to start a new life with his son, Mark (Rettig). After being robbed and pistol-whipped by gambler Harry Weston (Calhoun) and nursed back to health by Weston's fiancee, Kay (Monroe), Matt takes Mark and Kay on a ride down a roaring river, where they are at the mercy of wild animals and a lawless frontier.
11) La familia
Series
Publisher
Film Movement
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
Español
Description
A dramatic thriller about a father and son forced to flee the violence in Caracas, Venezuela.
Author
Publisher
Groundwood Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
Español
Description
In this moving and timely story, a young child describes what it is like to be a migrant as she and her father travel north toward the US border. They travel mostly on the roof of a train known as The Beast, but the little girl doesnt know where they are going. She counts the animals by the road, the clouds in the sky, the stars. Sometimes she sees soldiers. She sleeps, dreaming that she is always on the move, although sometimes they are forced to...
13) Cambios
Author
Publisher
Fondo de Cultura Economica
Pub. Date
1993.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
Español
Description
As he waits at home for his parents to return, a young boy ponders his father's remark "Things are going to change around here" and begins to imagine all kinds of changes in the world around him.
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Nick Naylor is a sexy, smart and charismatic spin-doctor for Big Tobacco who will fight to protect American's right to smoke. At the same time he is trying to maintain the idea of a perfect role model for his 12-year-old son. When Nick incurs the wrath of a senator bent on snuffing out cigarettes, Nick's powers of "filtering the truth" will be put to the test.
15) En este banco
Author
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
Español
Description
Illustrations and rhyming text capture the special relationship between father and son, as seen through a mother's eyes.
Author
Publisher
Random House Children's Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2015]
Lexile measure
AD 370L
Language
English
Description
Este libro bilingüe presenta a los padres compartir libros con sus hijos; incluye preguntas para provocar la interacción con la historia.
This bilingual book presents parents sharing books with their children; includes questions to prompt interaction with the story.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Crusading newspaper publisher Matt Drayton's liberal principles are put to the test when his daughter, Joey, announces her engagement to John Prentice, an internationally renowned African-American physician. While Matt's wife, Christina, readily accepts Joey's decision, Matt intends to withhold his consent, forgetting that when it comes to matters of the heart, true love is colorblind.
Author
Series
Narrativas hispánicas volume 639
Publisher
Anagrama
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
Español
Description
Una novela desternillante sobre el miedo a ser invadidos. Una historia sobre dos amigos, un barrio y unas cuantas teorías conspiranoicas. Trece mil ochocientos millones de años después del nacimiento de nuestro Universo, en una ciudad del poniente, dos amigos inmigrantes enfrentan una crisis vital. Max acaba de perder su restaurante porque el propietario no le ha renovado el contrato de alquiler; Gastón debe dormir a su perro, Gato, diagnosticado...
19) Two weeks
Series
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Four siblings, now adults, return home to North Carolina, to their terminally ill mother's house for what they think are her final few days. When she hangs on, they find themselves stuck under the same roof for two difficult weeks. But as the children come to terms with their grief, they discover laughter in the midst of sorrow, love in the face of anger, and an opportunity to gain new perspectives on their own lives.
Author
Publisher
Picarona
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
Español
Description
En un castillo suspendido más allá de las nubes, vivía Luna, la hija de Sombra y Luz. Sus cabellos resplandecían e iluminaban el cielo entero. Enfadado por ese brillo que rompía las tinieblas, sombra raptó a la princesa y la encerró lejos de su palacio... ¿Sabrá alguien ayudarla a encontrar el camino de vuelta?
The little Moon is the daughter of Queen Light and King Shadow. The three of them live happily in a palace beyond the clouds,...