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Daisy Fuller Williams is on her deathbed in a New Orleans hospital the day that Hurricane Katrina hits. At her side is her adult daughter, Caroline. Daisy asks Caroline to read to her aloud from the diary of Daisy's lifelong friend, Benjamin Button. Benjamin's diary recounts his entire extraordinary life. The unusual aspect of his life is that he ages backwards, being born an old man. He is diagnosed with several aged diseases at birth and thus given...
Author
Publisher
Believer Books
Pub. Date
©2005
Language
English
Description
H.P. Lovecraft, the radical, misanthropic master of the horror genre, now has an impassioned advocate in Michel Houellebecq, Europe's most controversial modern novelst. In his illuminating appraisal of Lovecraft's life and work, Houellebecq reveals a surprising debt to the master of weird fiction.
Author
Series
The Book of Time trilogy volume 2
Publisher
Arthur A. Levine Books
Pub. Date
2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
While seeking the seven magical coins that will allow him to reach his father, who is trapped in the castle of Vlad Tepes, Sam Faulkner travels to such places as ancient Delphi, a Stone Age cave, and 1930s Chicago.
Author
Series
The Book of Time trilogy volume 1
Publisher
Arthur A. Levine Books
Pub. Date
2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
Sam Faulkner travels back in time to medieval Scotland, ancient Egypt, and Renaissance Bruges in search of his missing father.
5) Toby alone
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
Toby Lolness may be just one and a half millimeters tall, but he's the most wanted person in his world, the world of the great oak Tree. Toby's father has made a groundbreaking discovery: the Tree itself is alive, lowing with vital energy, and there may even be a world beyond it. Greedy developers itch to exploit this forbidden knowledge, risking permanent damage to their natural world. But Toby's father has refused to reveal his findings, causing...
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
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Nolan Byrd is not alone in his frustration with getting pushed around by the school bully, but without question, Nolan is one of Bubba's favorite targets. It's bad enough that Bubba stole and brainwashed Nolan's ex-best friend, but to make matters worse, he seems to get a special thrill from humiliating nolan in front of the girl of his dreams. After a particularly embarrassing incident, Nolan decides he's had enough and Shredderman, his alter ego,...
Publisher
Walt Disney Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
Deputy District Attorney Dave Douglas takes his job very seriously -- so seriously, that his wife and family hardly ever see him. A case involving an animal laboratory finds Dave once again taking an extended leave of absence from his frustrated family. His luck takes a turn for the worst after he is inadvertently infected by a top-secret genetic-mutation serum that transforms the two-legged lawyer into a four-legged sheepdog. Though his current situation...
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Series
Publisher
Europa Editions
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
In this thrilling finale to the Mirror Visitor saga, Christelle Dabos takes us on a journey to the heart of a great game to which the all-too-human affairs of her book's protagonists are ominously connected. The distrust between them has been overcome and now Ophelia and Thorn love each other passionately. However, they must keep their love hidden. Only in this way can they continue their journeys toward an understanding of the indecipherable code...
9) Ma yi
Author
Series
Lan shu xi volume 06
Publisher
Shang zhou chu ban
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
中文(繁體)
10) The mask wearer
Author
Series
Amos Daragon volume 1
Publisher
Bluefire
Pub. Date
2012, c2011
Language
English
Description
To defeat the forces of evil which threaten his world, young Amos Daragon, aided by mythical animal friends, sets out on a journey to find four masks that harness the forces of nature and sixteen powerful stones that give the masks their magic.
11) The key of Braha
Author
Series
Amos Daragon volume 2
Publisher
Bluefire
Pub. Date
2013, c2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Having survived his first mission as Mask Wearer, Amos Daragon finds himself on his way to the City of the Dead, trying to find the key that will unlock the doors to paradise and hell.
Author
Series
The Book of Time trilogy volume 3
Publisher
Arthur A. Levine Books
Pub. Date
2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
Fourteen-year-old Sam journeys through time to save the lives of his father, his friend Alicia, and ultimately his late mother.
Author
Series
Publisher
Europa Editions
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"When Ophelia is promoted to Vice-storyteller by Farouk, the ancestral Spirit of Pole, she finds herself unexpectedly thrust into the public spotlight. her gift--the ability to read the secret history of objects--is now known by all, and there can be no greater threat to the nefarious denizens of her icy adopted home than this. Beneath the golden rafters of Pole's capitol, she discovers that the only person she may be able to trust is Thorn, her...
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
Thirteen-year-old Toby's tiny world is under greater threat than ever as Leo Blue holds Elisha prisoner while hunting the Grass People and anyone who stands in the way of his devastating plans for the oak Tree in which they all live, but this time Toby is not alone.
Author
Series
Soul volume 031
Publisher
Ji mo chu ban gu fen you xian gong si
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
中文(繁體)
17) Stardust
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Tristan hopes to win the heart of his beautiful, but shallow love, Victoria. He promises to recover a star that fell somewhere beyond the stony wall that sets between the mundane England and the fantasy kingdom of Stormhold. So Tristan sets forth on his own journey in Stormhold. Meanwhile in that magical land, the dying king has set his four surviving sons on a quest for the crown. And the witch Lamia is seeking the heart of the star for an entirely...
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Victor has messed up his vows during a wedding rehearsal, and is traveling through the woods, reciting his vows. He stops to rest in the woods, and while practicing. He finally gets them right and ceremoniously puts the wedding ring on a finger-shaped stick in the ground and says his wedding vows. The stick turns out to be a rotted finger belonging to a murdered girl who has returned as a zombie and insists that she is now Victor's lawfully wedded...
Author
Publisher
Miramax Books/Hyperion Books for Children
Pub. Date
©2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
Three girls, known as the Stones of Prophecy, are drawn to a land called Fairytale, where they and a man called the Chosen One seek Oonagh, a magical creature who explains their role in a battle between Good and Evil.
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