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2561) Castle in the sky
Pub. Date
2012.
Description
A young boy and a mysterious girl search for a fantastic floating castle while trying to outrun pirates, the army, and government agents.
Author
Series
Daniel X volume 1
Pub. Date
p2008
Description
Fifteen-year-old Daniel has followed in his parents' footsteps as the Alien Hunter, exterminating beings on The List of Alien Outlaws on Terra Firma, but when he faces his first of the top ten outlaws, the very existence Earth and another planet are at stake.
2563) Pete's Dragon
Pub. Date
2016
Description
For years, Mr. Meacham has told tales of the fierce dragon deep in the woods. To his daughter, Grace, these stories are little more than tall tales, until she meets Pete. Pete is a mysterious ten-year-old with no family who claims to live in the woods with a giant, green dragon named Elliot.
2564) Les Miserables
Pub. Date
[2019]
Description
Against the backdrop of France at a time of civil unrest, this is the story of Jean Valjean, a former convict unable to escape his past life. His future is threatened by his nemesis, the chilling prison guard Javert, who is determined to bring him to justice. As revolution ignites on the streets of Paris, Jean Valjean begins an epic journey towards self-acceptance, redemption, and love.
2566) Les miserables
Pub. Date
[2013]
Description
In early 19th century France the paroled prisoner Jean Valjean seeks redemption, regains his social standing, and rises to the rank of mayor. He encounters a beautiful but desperately ill woman named Fantine and cares for her daughter, Cosette, after her death. All the while he is obsessively pursued by the policeman Javert, who vows to make him pay for the crimes of his past.
2567) Epic movie
Description
Centers on four not-so-young orphans: one who was raised by a curator at the Louvre (where an albino assassin lurks); another was a refugee from Mexican "libre" wrestling; the third was a recent victim of snakes on her plane; and the fourth a "normal" resident of a mutant "X"-community. Together, the hapless quartet visits a chocolate factory. While there, they stumble into an enchanted wardrobe that transports them to the land of Gnarnia. There they...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2013.
Description
Tessa Gray deber��a sentirse feliz... ��Acaso no se sienten as�� todas las novias? Prometida a Jem, sigue recordando las palabras de Will declar��ndole su amor. Pero los planes de Mortmain, que necesita a la chica para acabar con los Cazadores de Sombras, cambiar��n el destino de Tessa.... Si la ��nica manera de salvar el mundo fuera destruyendo a quien m��s ama, ��lo har��a? -- p. [4] of cover.
2570) Icy sparks
Author
Pub. Date
c2001, 2007
Description
The sad, funny, transcendent story of a young girl growing up in Appalachia with Tourette's syndrome.
2571) Oliver
Pub. Date
©2005, 1998
Description
When Oliver leaves a workhouse and ends up in London an abandoned orphan, he falls in with Fagin who teaches him to steal for a living.
2572) Weathered too young
Author
Pub. Date
[2015]
Description
"When a destitute Lark Lawrence appeared on his porch, Tom Evans hired her to keep house and cook for himself and his cantankerous elder brother, Slater. Although Tom had befriended Lark first, it would be Slater Evans--handsome, brooding and twelve years Lark's senior--who would unknowingly abduct her heart"--Provided by the publisher.
2573) Castle in the sky
Pub. Date
[2017]
Description
Pazu is an engineer's apprentice who finds Sheeta, a young girl, floating down from the sky, wearing a glowing pendant. Together, they discover both are searching for Laputa, a legendary floating castle, and vow to unravel the mystery of the luminous crystal around Sheeta's neck. Their quest won't be easy. There are greedy air pirates, secret government agents and astounding obstacles to keep them from learning the truth.
Author
Pub. Date
c2013.
Appears on list
Description
Newlywed Grace Monroe doesn't fit anyone's expectations of a successful 1950s London socialite, least of all her own. When she receives an unexpected inheritance from a complete stranger, Madame Eva d'Orsey, Grace is drawn to uncover the identity of her mysterious benefactor. Weaving through the decades, from 1920s New York to Monte Carlo, Paris, and London, the story Grace uncovers is that of an extraordinary women who inspired one of Paris's greatest...
2576) Neverland
Pub. Date
c2012
Description
A young lad named Peter and his streetwise gang are mysteriously transported from turn-of-the-century London into an enchanting parallel world where time stands still and an adventure awaits like nothing ever before. In Neverland, no one ever ages and lost souls have been plucked out of time. The lost boys are soon caught in a war with the man who will become Captain Hook and change the fate of the mystical land forever.
2577) Time of the wolf
Pub. Date
[2005]
Description
"When young Aaron MacGregor is tragically orphaned he is sent to live with his distant aunt and uncle in the nearby woodlands. While struggling to adept to his new surroundings, Aaron suffers under a strained relationship with his emotional aunt and trouble from a local school bully."--Container.
2578) Black butler: XXXII
Author
Series
Black butler volume 32
Pub. Date
2023.
Description
"Baldo and Lau have uncovered the blood collection scheme at the Athena Sanitorium for Former Servicemen in record time, but the situation is not as cut-and-dry as they had assumed. While chief nurse Ada wants nothing more than to wash her hands of the whole affair, her duty to give the best care possible to her fellow veterans keeps her shackled to the Aurora Society. After all, the atrocities of war and the guilt of survival are heavy burdens to...
2579) Master & Servant
Author
Series
Pub. Date
c2008
Description
Chigusa and Narushige uncover rumors that another person has crossed over from their world and wonder if it may be the elusive servant to the child of God, who is destined to save the universe.
2580) Tentacle & wing
Author
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 10
Description
"Twelve-year-old Ada is a Chimera, one of a number of children born with human and animal DNA thanks to a genetic experiment gone wrong. When she is shipped off to a quarantined school for other kids like herself, she senses that the facility is keeping a secret, which, if discovered, could upend everything the world knows about how Chimeras came into being"--