Glenn Close
Series
The Girl with All the Gifts volume 1
Pub. Date
[2017]
Description
Humanity has been all but destroyed by a fungal disease that eradicates free will and turns its victims into flesh-eating 'hungries'. Only a small group of children seem to be immune to its effects. At an army base in rural England, these unique children are being studied and subjected to cruel experiments. When the base falls, one little girl escapes and must discover what she is, ultimately deciding both her own future and that of the human race....
2) Skylark
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Description
When a drought tests the commitment of a mail-order bride from Maine to her new home on the prairie, her stepchildren hope they will be able to remain a family.
4) The natural
Pub. Date
2001.
Description
Roy Hobbs determines to fulfill his boyhood dream of being a baseball superstar; he is making progress when a mysterious woman shatters his dream and later, overcoming physical pain, he has a chance to lead his team to the pennant.
Pub. Date
1998
Description
Terrorists have seized Air Force One thirty thousand feet in the air with the President, his family, and more than fifty other people on board. The terrorists threaten to execute a hostage every 30 minutes if their demands are not met. The official word from Washington is "no negotiations".
10) Jagged Edge
Description
Close stars as an attorney who falls in love with her client, a man accused of killing his wife.
11) Hamlet
Pub. Date
[2004], c1990
Description
A tormented prince of Denmark has mixed feelings about avenging his father's murder.
12) Hoodwinked
Pub. Date
[2006]
Description
Little Red Riding Hood, Granny, the Big Bad Wolf, and the Woodsman all face Detective Flippers as he attempts to determine the real events of the Little Red Riding Hood story.
Series
Guardians of the galaxy films volume 1
Pub. Date
[2014]
Description
Brash adventurer Peter Quill finds himself the object of an unrelenting bounty hunt after stealing a mysterious orb coveted by Ronan, a powerful villain with ambitions that threaten the entire universe. To evade Ronan, Quill is forced into an uneasy truce with a quartet of disparate misfits. But when Quill discovers the true power of the orb and the menace it poses to the cosmos, he must do his best to rally his ragtag rivals for a last, desperate...
15) The Big Chill
Pub. Date
1983.
Description
Seven college housemates from the 1960s who have drifted apart reunite at the funeral of a friend. Having entered adulthood as non-conformists, most now belong to the establishment. Stunned by the death of their peer, sensing their own mortality and the loss of their innocence, each takes the opportunity to reevaluate his or her life and re-establish their bonds.
16) Paradise Road
Description
Fact-based recounting of a group of women who are imprisoned on the island of Sumatra by the Japanese during World War II and used music as a relief to their misery.
17) The wife
Pub. Date
[2019]
Description
The story of the couple's youthful passion and ambition interwoven with a portrait of a marriage, thirty-plus years later, a lifetime's shared compromises, secrets, betrayals, and mutual love.
Pub. Date
2012
Description
Bright and sharp law school graduate Ellen Parsons becomes the protegee of the successful and hard-hitting high stakes litigator Patricia Hewes. But nothing is what it seems.
"...an enjoyably complex thriller."--USA Today.
"Close's performance illuminates..."--Los Angeles Times.
19) Mary Reilly
Pub. Date
[2000]
Description
The classic horror story of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde gets a chilling new twist when seen through the eyes of Dr. Jekyll's devoted maid.
Pub. Date
2010
Description
"Confronting the most challenging case of her illustrious career, Patty and trusted lieutenant Tom Shayes meet their match against the matipulative Tobin family empire - matriarch Marilyn, son Joe and the clan's loyal attorney Leonard Winstone. When former prot�eg�ee Ellen Parsons is also pulled into the malestrom, she discovers she hasn't escaped Patty Hewes after all."--Container.