John Heard
1) Big
Description
"All twelve-year-old Josh Baskin wants is to be big. But when his wish is granted beyond his wildest dreams, Josh finds a new face in the mirror ... his own, at age 30. Now, aided only by his boisterous best friend, he'll have to keep his true age secret as he tries to fill his own oversized shoes. But as his innocent charms help him rise to the top of the adult world, Josh will face the biggest decision of his life -- return to his own age, or remain...
Description
"Kevin McCallister is ... ready to turn the Big Apple into his own playground. ... The notorious Wet Bandits, Harry and Marv, still smarting from their last encounter with Kevin, are plotting a huge holiday heist. Kevin's ready to welcome them with a battery of booby traps that the bumbling bandits will never forget"--Container.
3) Big
Pub. Date
[2011]
Description
A 12-year-old boy's wish comes true when he asks a mechanical carnival genie to make him 'big'. He manages to land a job at a toy company where he experiences the complications of being an adult.
4) So B. it
Pub. Date
[2018]
Description
Based on the New York Times Best-selling novel, a young prodigy named Heidi has a lucky streak that has a way of pointing her in the right direction. When a mysterious word in her mother's vocabulary begins to haunt her, Heidi's thirst for the truth leads her on a cross-country journey in search of the secrets of her past.
5) Mindwalk
Pub. Date
[2000, c1990]
Description
A poet, a politician and a scientist begin a discussion while visiting the island-abbey of Mont St. Michel in France. The conversation turns into a far-ranging exploration of the environment and other cutting-edge issues
Pub. Date
[2017]
Description
Home alone: An eight-year-old boy is left home alone on Christmas, and has to defend his home against two bumbling burglars.
Home alone 2: This year, Kevin is spending the holidays in New York City. Unfortunately, his parents are spending them in Florida! Accidentally separated from his parents once again, Kevin manages to find food, lodging and fun using his did's credit card. But when the notorious Wet Bandits escape prison and head for New York...
7) Cat people
Pub. Date
2002.
Description
A young woman is victim of a heritage that transforms her into a deadly panther when she makes love.
8) 187
Pub. Date
2010.
Description
After a teacher is beaten in his Brooklyn school, he leaves for a troubled school in L.A. to try to escape the memories.
9) Sweet land
Pub. Date
2007.
Description
Inge is a feisty German mail-order bride who has come to Minnesota to marry Olaf, a young Norwegian immigrant farmer of few words. But in a post-WWI, anti-German climate, the local minister openly forbids the marriage. Inge and Olaf fall in love despite the town's disapproval. But when the town banker attempts to foreclose on the farm of his friend Frandsen, Olaf takes a stand--Container.
10) "O"
Pub. Date
[2002]
Description
A modern-day version of Shakespeare's classic "Othello". "O" is the school's best basketball player and an NBA hopeful. He is adored by all including his coach and a beautiful classmate. "O" has a troubled friend--the coach's son--who is deeply resentful of his father's preference to "O" on and off the court. The seeds of mistrust are sown and it sets into motion a disturbing chain of events.
Pub. Date
[2017]
Description
Home alone : A wily kid must protect his house from burglars when his family accidentally leaves him behind on Christmas vacation.
Home alone 2 : When Kevin gets separated from his family at O'Hare airport, he finds himself on a plane to New York City instead of Miami with the rest of his family. The thieves that tried to break into his house last Christmas are planning a Christmas caper in the Big Apple, and Kevin sets out to stop them.
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