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American mermaid : a novel / by Langbein, Julia(Art historian),author.;
"A brilliantly funny and razor-tongued debut which follows a writer lured to Los Angeles to adapt her feminist mermaid novel into a big-budget action film, who believes her heroine has come to life to take revenge for Hollywood's violations. Penelope Schleeman, a consistently broke Connecticut high school teacher, is as surprised as anyone when her sensitive debut novel, "American Mermaid"--the story of a wheelchair-bound scientist named Sylvia who discovers that her withered legs are the vestiges of a powerful tail--becomes a bestseller. Penelope soon finds herself lured to LA by promises of easy money to co-write the "American Mermaid" screenplay for a major studio with a pair of male hacks. As the studio pressures Penelope to change "American Mermaid" from the story of a fierce, androgynous eco-warrior to a teen sex object in a clam bra, strange things start to happen. Threats appear in the screenplay draft; siren calls lure people into danger. When Penelope's screenwriting partners try to kill Sylvia off entirely in a bitterly false but cinematic end, matters off the page escalate. Is Penelope losing her mind, or is Sylvia among us? American Mermaid follows a young woman braving a world of casual smiles and ruthless calculation, where she discovers a beating heart in her own fiction--a creature she'll do anything to protect. By turns both a comic and fabulously insightful tale of two female characters in search of truth, love, and self-acceptance as they move between worlds without giving up their voices"--
Subjects: Humorous fiction.; Novels.; High school teachers; Motion picture industry; Screenwriters; Women novelists;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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One wish / by Carr, Robyn.;
Starting a new life as a flower-shop owner, former champion figure skater Grace Dillon begins a no-strings-attached relationship with high school teacher Troy Headly, and when Grace's past comes back to haunt her, Troy doubles down on their relationship and brings it to the next level.
Subjects: Romance fiction.; Florists; Women figure skaters; Interpersonal attraction; High school teachers;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Bad teacher [videorecording (BLURAY)] / by Diaz, Cameron.; Eisenberg, Lee.; Kasdan, Jake,1975-; Punch, Lucy,1977-; Segel, Jason,1979-; Smith, Phyllis,1951-; Stupnitsky, Gene.; Timberlake, Justin,1981-; Columbia Pictures.; Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm);
Music, Michael Andrews ; editor, Tara Timpone ; director of photography, Alar Kivilo.Cameron Diaz, Jason Segel, Lucy Punch, Phyllis Smith, Justin Timberlake.Elizabeth is a foul-mouthed, ruthless junior high teacher who can't wait to marry her meal ticket and get out of her bogus day job. When she's dumped by her fiance, she begins to woo a rich, handsome substitute. Competing for his affections is overly energetic colleague, Amy. Elizabeth also finds herself fighting off the advances of a sarcastic gym teacher. The consequences of her outrageous schemes give her students, her coworkers and herself an education like no other.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.DVD ; anamorphic widescreen (1.85:1) presentation ; Dolby digital 5.1 surround.
Subjects: Comedy films.; Feature films.; Junior high school teachers; Man-woman relationships; Romantic comedy films.; Teacher-student relationships; Triangles (Interpersonal relations);
© c2011., Sony Pictures Home Entertainment,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 3
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Blame [videorecording] / by Albertson, Tessa,actor.; Alexander, Nadia,actor.; Campbell, Owen(Actor),actor.; Debonis, Marcia,actor.; Donovan, Tate,actor.; Dunn, Trieste Kelly,1981-actor.; Messina, Chris,actor.; Mezzanotte, Sarah,actor.; Shephard, Quinn,film director,screenwriter,film producer,actor.; Slattery, Luke,actor.; Samuel Goldwyn Films (Firm),production company.; Reel Enigma,production company.; Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm),publisher.;
Music, Peter Henry Phillips ; editor, Quinn Shephard ; director of photography, Aaron Kovalchik.Quinn Shephard, Nadia Alexander, Trieste Kelly Dunn, Marcia DeBonis, Tessa Albertson, Sarah Mezzanotte, Owen Campbell, Luke Slattery, Tate Donovan, Chris Messina.A high school outcast's taboo relationship with her drama teacher strikes a vengeance in her jealous classmate that mirrors 'The Crucible'.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Feature films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; High school students; Teacher-student relationships; Jealousy; Teenage girls; Theater;
For private home use only.
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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One perfect lie / by Scottoline, Lisa,author.;
"One perfect lie is an emotional thriller and a suburban crime story that will keep you guessing until you turn the very last page. On the surface, it tells the tale of the struggling single mother of a high-school pitcher, a shy kid so athletically talented that he's being recruited for a full-ride scholarship to a Division I college, with a future in major-league baseball. But the mother fears that she's losing her grip on her son because he's being lured down a darker path by one of his teammates, a secretly disturbed young man from an affluent family, whose excellent grades and fun-loving manner conceal his violent criminal plans. Add a handsome stranger who comes to town and infiltrates the high school, posing as a teacher but with a hidden agenda all his own. The mix becomes combustible when a beloved faculty member turns up dead as a suicide, in circumstances equally consistent with murder. Only then is the true identity of the fake teacher revealed, and the single mother finds herself engaged in a battle for the future, the soul, and the very life of her only son. One Perfect Lie is a riveting and suspenseful family drama, and by the time you close the book, you will realize that nothing was as it seemed at the beginning"--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Single parents; Baseball players; High school teachers; Impostors and imposture; Secrecy;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 4
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One perfect lie [sound recording] / by Scottoline, Lisa,author.; Newbern, George,1964-narrator.; Macmillan Audio (Firm),publisher.;
Read by George Newbern."One perfect lie is an emotional thriller and a suburban crime story that will keep you guessing until you turn the very last page. On the surface, it tells the tale of the struggling single mother of a high-school pitcher, a shy kid so athletically talented that he's being recruited for a full-ride scholarship to a Division I college, with a future in major-league baseball. But the mother fears that she's losing her grip on her son because he's being lured down a darker path by one of his teammates, a secretly disturbed young man from an affluent family, whose excellent grades and fun-loving manner conceal his violent criminal plans. Add a handsome stranger who comes to town and infiltrates the high school, posing as a teacher but with a hidden agenda all his own. The mix becomes combustible when a beloved faculty member turns up dead as a suicide, in circumstances equally consistent with murder. Only then is the true identity of the fake teacher revealed, and the single mother finds herself engaged in a battle for the future, the soul, and the very life of her only son. One Perfect Lie is a riveting and suspenseful family drama, and by the time you close the book, you will realize that nothing was as it seemed at the beginning"--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Audiobooks.; Single parents; Baseball players; High school teachers; Impostors and imposture; Secrecy;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The birder [videorecording] / by Bezaire, Theodore,film director.; Cavanagh, Thomas,1963-actor.; Willard, Fred,1939-actor.; Greene, Graham,1952-actor.; Anchor Bay Entertainment, Inc.,publisher,film distributor.;
Tom Cavanagh, Fred Willard, Graham Greene.A mild mannered birder seeks revenge on a younger rival, after losing the highly coveted Head of Ornithology position at the National Park.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.DVD, region 1, widescreen presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Bird watchers; Bird watching; Male high school teachers; Revenge; Comedy films.; Feature films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.;
For private home use only.
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The bully, the bullied, and the bystander : from pre-school to high school : how parents and teachers can help break the cycle of violence / by Coloroso, Barbara;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Bullying; Bullying;
© c2002., HarperCollins,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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Middle school [videorecording] : the worst years of my life / by Barbusca, Thomas,actor.; Daly, Andy,actor.; Gluck, Griffin,actor.; Graham, Lauren,actor.; Nisenson, Alexa,actor.; Pally, Adam,1982-actor.; Riggle, Rob,actor.; Carr, Steve,film director.; Entertainment One (Firm : Canada),film distributor.;
Griffin Gluck, Lauren Graham, Alexa Nisenson, Rob Riggle, Thomas Barbusca, Andy Daly, Adam Pally.Rafe, an imaginative teenager, is tired of his school's obsession with rules at the expense of any and all creativity. Desperate to shake things up, he and his best friends have come up with a plan to break every single rule in the school and let the students run wild.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.MPAA rating: PG.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Comedy films.; Feature films.; Middle schools; Middle school boys; Preteens; Teacher-student relationships; Junior high schools; Elementary schools;
For private home use only.
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Nothing more to tell / by McManus, Karen M.;
Four years ago, Brynn left Saint Ambrose School following the shocking murder of her favorite teacher--a story that made headlines after the teacher's body was found by three Saint Ambrose students in the woods behind their school. The case was never solved. Now that Brynn is moving home and starting her dream internship at a true-crime show, she's determined to find out what really happened. The kids who found Mr. Larkin are her way in, and her ex-best friend, Tripp Talbot, was one of them. Without his account of events, the other two kids might have gone down for Mr. Larkin's murder. They've never forgotten what Tripp did for them that day. Just like he hasn't forgotten that everything he told the police was a lie. Digging into the past is bound to shake up the present, and as Brynn begins to investigate what happened in the woods that day, she begins to uncover secrets that might change everything--about Saint Ambrose, about Mr. Larkin, and about her ex-best friend, Tripp Talbot. Four years ago someone got away with murder. The most terrifying part is that they never left.LSC
Subjects: Mystery fiction.; Suspense fiction.; Murder; Secrecy; Teachers; Journalism; Internship programs; High schools;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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