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Let the dragon games begin! / by Green, Margaret,1987-; Klein, Sherry.; Petosky, Shadi.; Wagner, Keith(Screenplay writer);
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Subjects: Fantasy fiction.; Fairy tales; Dragons; Characters and characteristics in literature; Boarding schools;
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Baby doll / by Overton, Hollie,author.;
"You've been held captive in one room, mentally and physically abused every day, since you were sixteen years old. Then, one night, you realize your captor has left the door to your cell unlocked. For the first time in eight years, you're free. This is about what happens next ... Lily knows that she must bring the man who nearly ruined her life to justice. But she never imagined that reconnecting with her family would be just as difficult. Reclaiming her relationship with her twin sister, her mother, and her high school sweetheart, who is in love with her sister, may be Lily's greatest challenge. After all they've been through, can Lily and her family find their way back after this life-altering trauma?"--
Subjects: Psychological fiction.; Thrillers (Fiction); Abused women; Abused children; Escape (Psychology); Abused women; Adult child abuse victims;
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Bree Boyd is a legend! / by Johnson, Leah(Young adult author);
When twelve-year-old spelling bee champ Bree acquires superpowers from a lightning strike, her preordained life turns upside down as she envisions a future that deviates from her father's high expectations.
Subjects: Psychic ability; Families; African Americans; Middle schools; Schools;
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Lessons at the school by the sea / by Colgan, Jenny,author.; container of (work):Colgan, Jenny.Lessons.;
"School is out, following a bit of saucy scandal at Downey House ... Beloved high school teacher Maggie Adair had been comfortably, if somewhat ambivalently, engaged to her dependable long-distance boyfriend Stan. But in the heat of summer, Maggie's attraction to her colleague David McDonald has caught fire. Now both are facing an uncertain future as they try to figure out how to stay committed to their careers--and each other. Meanwhile, the girls of Downey House--mercurial Fliss, glamorous Alice, and shy, hard-working Simone--have had long summers at home, which weren't quite the respite they had been hoping for. But the new school year is thankfully here, and it will bring new pupils and lots of fresh challenges for students and teachers alike at the school by the sea"--
Subjects: Bildungsromans.; Chick lit.; Humorous fiction.; Novels.; Boarding schools; Man-woman relationships; Teachers; Teachers; Women teachers;
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Fuller house. [videorecording] / by Barber, Andrea,1976-actor.; Bringas, Soni Nicole,actor.; Brotherton, John(Actor),actor.; Cameron-Bure, Candace,1976-actor.; Campion, Michael,2002-actor.; Di Pace, Juan Pablo,actor.; Franklin, Jeff,creator.; Hagenbuch, Adam,actor.; Harger, Elias,actor.; Messitt, Dashiell,actor.; Messitt, Fox,actor.; Sweetin, Jodie,actor.; Weinger, Scott,1975-actor.; Netflix (Firm),production company,broadcaster.; Warner Bros. Home Entertainment (Firm),publisher.; Warner Horizon,production company.;
Candace Cameron Bure, Jodie Sweetin, Andrea Barber, Michael Campion, Elias Harger, Soni Nicole Bringas, Dashiell Messitt, Fox Messitt, Juan Pablo Di Pace, Scott Weinger, John Brotherton, Adam Hagenbuch."DJ's love triangle may finally be resolved, but not without a few hitches. Kimmy makes a life-changing decision and goes the extra mile for Stephanie. Kimmy's ex-hubby Fernando makes a sweet real-estate purchase, becoming the household's newest ex-roommate. Ramona and "Chillaxin" Jackson start high school, 9-year-old Mighty Max lives life with characteristic flair, and baby Tommy auditions for preschool. And when favorite family elders return to their San Francisco roots, there just may be a fairy-tale ending after all."--Back cover.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Television comedies.; Television programs.; Female friendship; Single mothers; Single-parent families; Sisters; Widows;
For private home use only.
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The skeleton twins [videorecording] / by Hader, Bill,1978-; Heyman, Mark.; Johnson, Craig.; Wiig, Kristen,1973-; Wilson, Luke,1971-; Lions Gate Entertainment (Firm); Roadside Attractions (Firm);
Bill Hader, Kristen Wiig, Luke Wilson, Ty Burrell, Boyd Holbrook.Craig Johnson's drama The Skeleton Twins stars Saturday Night Live alumni Bill Hader and Kristen Wiig as suicidal siblings Milo and Maggie. After Milo cuts his wrists, Maggie moves him into her home in New York where she lives with her husband (Luke Wilson). Both brother and sister are dealing with severe emotional issues stemming from their own father's suicide, as well as their absent mother. While back in his hometown, Milo reconnects with a former lover (Ty Burrell) who was also his high-school English teacher. Meanwhile, Maggie has concerns about becoming a mother, and can't keep herself from cheating on her husband with her SCUBA instructor.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.DVD, widescreen, 5.1 Dolby digital.
Subjects: Brothers and sisters; Feature films.; Reunions; Suicidal behavior; Twins; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.;
© c2014., Roadside Attractions ; Dostributed by Lions Gate Entertainment,
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Crossroads / by Franzen, Jonathan,author.;
"It's December 23, 1971, and the Hildebrandt family is at a crossroads. The patriarch, Russ, the associate pastor of a suburban Chicago church, is poised to break free of a marriage he finds joyless--unless his brilliant and unstable wife, Marion, breaks free of it first. Their eldest child, Clem, is coming home from college afire with moral absolutism, having taken an action that will shatter his father. Clem's sister, Becky, long the social queen of her high-school class, has veered into the era's counterculture, while their younger brother Perry, fed up with selling pot to support his drug habit, has firmly resolved to be a better person. Each of the Hildebrandts seeks a freedom that each of the others threatens to complicate."--
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Families; Intergenerational communication; Intergenerational relations;
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Daughter of the morning star / by Johnson, Craig,1961-author.;
"When Lolo Long's niece Jaya begins receiving death threats, Tribal Police Chief Long calls on Absaroka County Sheriff Walt Longmire along with Henry Standing Bear as lethal backup. Jaya "Longshot" Long is the phenom of the Lame Deer Lady Stars High School basketball team and is following in the steps of her older sister, who disappeared a year previously, a victim of the scourge of missing Native Woman in Indian Country. Lolo hopes that having Longmire involved might draw some public attention to the girl's plight, but with this maneuver she also inadvertently places the good sheriff in a one-on-one with the deadliest adversary he has ever faced in both this world and the next"--
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Longmire, Walt (Fictitious character); Missing persons; Sheriffs;
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Getting away with murder / by Foxfield, Kathryn,author.;
When Saffron is forced to do work experience at a tech company, she gets into an argument with her supervisor over which high school stereotype would survive the longest in a horror film: the sports star? The queen bee? The geek? The drama girl? The class clown? The rebel? Unbeknown to them, the AI robot she is working on at the time decides to determine the answer by testing it out for real. It designs an algorithm to search social media and school records to find the best examples of each stereotype from the neighboring towns and the invitations go out - six people, including Saffron's perfectionist sister Georgia, will be trapped in a series of deadly escape rooms and only one will survive the night.14+ years old.
Subjects: Young adult fiction.; Thrillers (Fiction); School fiction.; Novels.; Artificial intelligence; Escape room games; Stereotypes (Social psychology); Survival; Artificial intelligence; Escape room games; Stereotypes (Social psychology); Survival;
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Broken man on a Halifax pier / by Choyce, Lesley,1951-author.;
"A tale of one man's shipwrecked life and an unlikely crew of rescuers. Having lost his long-time journalism job and been swindled out of his life savings, fifty-five-year-old Charles Howard is standing by the edge of Halifax Harbour on a foggy morning contemplating his dismal future when Ramona Danforth interrupts his ritual of self-pity. And so begins a most interesting relationship. Charles and Ramona decide to travel to his childhood home, Stewart Harbour, a fishing village far down Nova Scotia's remote Eastern Shore populated by rugged individualists. Charles left the village immediately after graduating from high school and never looked back. Until now. The past soon catches up with him in ways he could never have imagined."--
Subjects: Psychological fiction.; Homecoming;
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