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Shakespeare stealer volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 10
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In plague-ridden 1602 England, a fifteen-year-old orphan boy, who has become an apprentice actor, goes on the road with Shakespeare's troupe, and finds out more about his parents along the way.
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2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 12
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Seventeen-year-old Caitlin Singleberry is a proper Christian teenager and member of a family singing group, but today she has been given a truly impossible assignment--keep her cousin Heller Harrigan, Hollywood wild child, out of trouble for the last weekend before her first big movie debuts.
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When Hollywood moguls and stars want privacy, they head to an idyllic small town on the coast, where the exclusive Burning Cove Hotel caters to their every need. It's where reporter Irene Glasson finds herself staring down at a beautiful actress at the bottom of a pool. The dead woman had a red-hot secret about up-and-coming leading man Nick Tremayne, a scoop that Irene couldn't resist, especially since she's just a rookie at a third-rate gossip rag....
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 10.1 - AR Pts: 118
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War and Peace is a vast epic centred on Napoleons war with Russia. While it expresses Tolstoys view that history is an inexorable process which man cannot influence, he peoples his great novel with a cast of over five hundred characters. Three of these, the artless and delightful Natasha Rostov, the world-weary Prince Andrew Bolkonsky and the idealistic Pierre Bezukhov illustrate Tolstoys philosophy in this novel of unquestioned mastery.
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Shakespeare stealer volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 7
Description
A young orphan boy is ordered by his master to infiltrate Shakespeare's acting troupe in order to steal the script of "Hamlet," but he discovers instead the meaning of friendship and loyalty.
7) Wolf storm
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Pub. Date
[2011]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 8
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Three young actors shooting a movie in the snow-covered Carpathian Mountains are separated from base camp by a terrible blizzard and come face-to-face with a pack of hungry wolves.
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2018.
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It is 1914, and twenty-five-year-old Frances Marion has left her (second) husband and her Northern California home for the lure of Los Angeles, where she is determined to live independently as an artist. But the word on everyones lips these days is "flickers"-the silent moving pictures enthralling theatergoers. Turn any corner in this burgeoning town and youll find made-up actors running around, as a movie camera captures it all.In this fledgling...
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Shakespeare stealer volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 11
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The winter of 1602 brings many changes for Widge, a young apprentice at London's Globe Theatre, as he becomes infatuated with Shakespeare's daughter Judith, attempts to write a play, learns more about his past, endangers himself to help a friend, acquires a new identity, and finds a new purpose in life.
11) A play on words
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Sugarcreek Amish mysteries volume 20
Pub. Date
[2017]
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"Broadway has come to town as the stage production of Simply Sugarcreek is set to debut at a local theater. Cheryl's old friend, actress and pop star Lacey Landers, returns to Sugarcreek ast the star. When rehearsals get underway, a series of strange events makes it clear that someone is trying to sabotage the play, and the list of those who have a reason to ruin the production is a long one. The show must go on, so Cheryl and Naomi set out to unmask...
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Pub. Date
2018.
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"The golden age of cinema is dawning, and Santa Fe is in the grip of movie fever when director Luther Bishop arrives for the filming of his new cowboy flick. Maddie Vaughn-Alwin's cousin Gwen Astor is in town with a bit part in the movie--but Gwen finds herself caught in a whirlwind of mischief before shooting even begins. But the plot only thickens when the detestable director is found hanging in his office."--Publisher's description.
13) Beyonce
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c2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
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Introduces readers to the childhood, family background, rise to fame, and future plans of the talented singer and actress, Beyonce Knowles.
14) Shockaholic
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[2011]
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The electro-convulsive shock therapy she's been regularly undergoing is threatening to wipe out (what's left of) Fisher's memory. This might even be a brand-new addiction for her. But before she can truly commit herself to it in the long term, she decided to get some of those more nagging memories of hers on paper.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 12
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Cash Carter, the young, world-famous lead actor of the hit television show Wiz Kids, is a favorite of the tabloids and paparazzi, who take notice of his every move. When four fans jokingly invite him on a cross-country road trip, they are shocked when he actually accepts their invitation. Getting a taste of the spotlight, this unlikely crew takes off on a journey of narrow escapes from photographers, not-so-glamorous mishaps, and surprise turns. But...
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Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 12
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"It's 1914, and twelve-year old Darleen Darling has the most exciting job in the world--she gets to dangle from cliffs and stop moving trains and soar through the sky in runaway balloons! Yes, that's right: Darleen is a hero and a star--in the make-believe world of the movies ... But Darleen's fictional adventures collide with reality when a fake kidnapping intended as a publicity stunt becomes all too real. Now she is in the hands of the dastardly...
18) Blade of kings
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[2012]
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In the mythical land of Huadu, Charcoal Head, a humble boy born to rule an empire, must undertake his journey to claim his throne. It is an epic action adventure combining romance, fantasy, comedy and cutting-edge Hong Kong-style martial artistry.
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[2014]
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Tony Soprano is a middle-aged, Italian-American businessman in New Jersey with a wife, a daughter, a son, and an elderly mother. He's got a psychiatrist to tell all his secrets to, except the one she already knows. He's also a mob boss facing several crises. Rival boss Johnny Sack is in prison and the always tense relations between the New Jersey and New York families are strained through the unpredictable behavior of Sack's surrogates.
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2023.
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1910, Mexico. The country's revolution spreads. Dolores, daughter of a wealthy banker, must flee her comfortable life in Durango or risk death. Her family settles in Mexico City; she marries Jaime del Río. At a party she meets an influential American director who recognizes in her a natural performer. He invites her to Hollywood, and practically overnight, the famous Miss del Río is born. Swept up in Tinseltown's glitzy inner circle, she takes her...