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Heidi [videorecording] / by Gsponer, Alain,1976-film director.; Naef, Lilian,actor.; Schinz, Anna,actor.; Schüttler, Katharina,actor.; Steffen, Anuk,actor.; Film Movement (Firm),film distributor.; Mnibus Entertainment (Firm),production company.; Studio Canal,production company.;
Bruno Ganz, Anuk Steffen, Anna Schinz, Lilian Naef, Katharina Schuttler, Peter Lohmeyer.Orphan Girl Heidi spends the happiest days of her childhood together with her eccentric grandfather, cut off from the outside world in a simple cabin in the Swiss mountains. But these carefree times come to an abrupt end when Heidi is taken to Frankfurt by her Aunt Dete to stay with the family of the wealthy Mr. Sesemann and be a playmate for his wheelchair-bound daughter Klara.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1, 2.0.
Subjects: Feature films.; Foreign films.; Motion pictures, German.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Grandfathers; Heidi (Fictitious character : Spyri); Mountain life; Orphans;
For private home use only.
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Life of Pi : a novel / by Martel, Yann.;
After the tragic sinking of a cargo ship, one solitary lifeboat remains bobbing on the wild, blue Pacific. The crew of the surviving vessel consists of a hyena, a zebra (with a broken leg), a female orang-utan, a 450-pound Royal Bengal tiger and Pi - a 16-year-old Indian boy. The scene is set for one of the most extraordinary pieces of literary fiction of recent years.
Subjects: Fiction.; Shipwreck survival; Human-animal relationships; Storytelling; Teenage boys; Ocean travel; Zoo animals; Orphans; Tiger; Human-animal relationships.; Ocean travel.; Orphans.; Shipwreck survival.; Storytelling.; Teenage boys.; Tiger.; Zoo animals.;
© 2011, ©2001., Vintage Canada,
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Hope springs / by Walters, Eric,1957-; Fernandes, Eugenie,1943-;
During a drought in the area around the orphanage where Boniface lives, the local villagers fear that their spring will run out of water and push the orphans to the back of the line. After the orphanage gets its own well, Boniface has an idea that would help the villagers. Based on real events.LSC
Subjects: Orphans; Water; Wells; Kindness;
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The Queen's gambit / by Tevis, Walter S.,author.;
Orphan Beth Harmon overcomes her fears and shyness by learning to play chess and, over the years, improves her game to become national champion and to play the world grandmasters.
Subjects: Bildungsromans.; Psychological fiction.; Chess; Chess; Competition (Psychology); Orphans; Women chess players;
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The labors of Hercules Beal / by Schmidt, Gary D.;
Seventh-grader Hercules Beal has to figure out how to fulfill his teacher's assignment of performing the Twelve Labors of Hercules in real life, and discovers important things about friendship, community, and himself along the way.Ages 8-12.
Subjects: Orphans; Brothers; Friendship; Middle schools; Schools; Mythology;
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The first day of eternity / by West, Charles,author.;
Raised by Crow Indians. Enlisted by the US Army. Legendary scout Cody Hunter returns to the mountains where he lost his family--and makes a shocking discovery that will change his life forever ... This wolf hunts alone. His Crow name was Crazy Wolf. Orphaned after losing his family in an Indian attack, young Cody Hunter found a loving home among the Crow people--and learned the ancient ways of the Crow trackers. His well-honed skills earned him a place in the U.S. Army as a valued scout. But now, after fifteen years of living his life as Crazy Wolf, Cody is ready to face his painful past. He will return to the place that still gives him nightmares--and where the dreams of his father ended in bloodshed ... High in the mountains of Montana, Cody finds a stone memorial erected by the survivors of the families slaughtered there. The site of the attack triggers Cody's darkest memories--and leads him to a stunning realization: his father and two brothers did not die on that day. They may still be alive. And he will stop at nothing to find them again. To follow in their footsteps. To track them down on the treacherous journey west. A search this deadly may be the craziest thing Crazy Wolf has ever done. But he is a born Hunter--and he's willing to die that way ... "--Back cover.
Subjects: Western fiction.; Novels.; United States. Army; Orphans; Scouts (Reconnaissance); Crow;
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Expedition on the tundra / by Hinojosa, Stacy,1983-; To, Vivienne.;
Ages 8-12.LSC
Subjects: Adventure fiction.; Fantasy fiction.; Orphans; Wolves; Human-animal relationships; Animal rescue; Tundras;
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Surprise island adventure / by Warner, Gertrude Chandler,1890-1979.; Random House (Firm);
"The Aldens spend the summer on Grandfather's island! Joe, the island's friendly handyman, helps them with anything they need, but as the children continue to explore their summer home, they realize there is more to the island--and to their new friend--than meets the eye"--
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Readers (Publications); Boxcar children (Fictitious characters); Siblings; Orphans; Summer; Islands;
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Merry Christmas, Anne / by George, K.(Kallie),1983-; Godbout, Geneviève.; Montgomery, L. M.(Lucy Maud),1874-1942.Anne of Green Gables.;
During her first Christmas in Avonlea, Anne is thankful for her kindred spirits and excited, but nervous, about reciting poems at the Christmas concert.LSC
Subjects: Christmas stories.; Shirley, Anne (Fictitious character); Orphans; Concerts;
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David Copperfield [videorecording (DVD)]. by Dickens, Charles,1812-1870.David CopperfieldVideorecording.; Jarvis, Martin; Lowe, Arthur.; Routledge, Patricia; Yelland, David.; British Broadcasting Corporation; KOCH Vision (Firm);
David Yelland, Arthur Lowe, Martin Jarvis, Liz Smith, Patricia Routledge, Colette O'Neil, Pat Keen, Gareth Thomas, Patience Collier.The fates and fortunes of a young man in 19th century England.PG.DVD, full screen presentation ; Dolby Digital.
Subjects: Feature films; Orphans; Young men;
© c2006., Koch Entertainment,
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