Andrew McCarthy
Author
Publisher
Workman Publishing Company
Pub. Date
2017
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Formats
Description
The debut novel from Andrew McCarthy-actor, director, and bestselling author of Brat: An 80s Story-is a powerful story about family secrets, first love, the limits of forgiveness, and finding your way in the world.
When fifteen-year-old Lucy Willows discovers that her father has a secret child from a brief affair, she begins to question everything she thinks she knows about her family. How could her father have betrayed them like this? How could...
Author
Language
English
Description
"When Andrew McCarthy's eldest son began to take his first steps into adulthood, McCarthy found himself wishing time would slow down. Looking to create a more meaningful connection with Sam before he fled the nest, as well as recreate his own life-altering journey decades before, McCarthy decided the two of them should set out on a trek like few others: 500 miles across Spain's Camino de Santiago. Over the course of the journey, the pair traversed...
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Most people know Andrew McCarthy from his movie roles in Pretty in Pink, St. Elmo's Fire, Weekend at Bernie's, and Less than Zero, and as a charter member of Hollywood's Brat Pack. That iconic group of ingenues and heartthrobs included Rob Lowe, Molly Ringwald, Emilio Estevez, and Demi Moore, and has come to represent both a genre of film and an era of pop culture. In his memoir Brat: An '80s Story, McCarthy focuses his gaze on that singular moment...
Publisher
Lions Gate Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
When the standoff at the prison turns into a full-blown riot, the inmates take advantage of the confusion by conducting sǎnces, holding prisoner auctions, and preening for the morning news. But with relationships tested and friendships starting to fray, will life at Litchfield ever return to normal?
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2001.
Language
English
Description
Julian is a boy with looks, charm, intelligence and a father who sets him up in the record business; he also has a drug habit. His best friend Clay wants to help and is willing to do almost anything for his friend, but Julian is going downhill so fast that he might take his girlfriend and Clay with him.
Publisher
MGM
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Two employees discover an embezzlement scam. The boss invites them to spend the weekend, with the intention of killing them. When the boys arrive, they find their boss dead, their lives in danger, and the prospects for a still-terrific weekend.
8) Our Power
Series
Publisher
Giant Interactive
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
This documentary aims to shine the light on the Latrobe Valley community in Australia and their 90+ year history of providing power to Victoria and beyond. The film explores the transition of the power industry as it was privatized in the late 1990s and the devastating Hazelwood mine fire of 2014. At a time where coal is seemingly the only option for the Latrobe Valley, the community is forced to unite and fight for a sustainable future. Official...
11) Kingdom Hospital
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Tells the terrifying story of a hospital with a bizarre population that includes a nearly blind security guard, a nurse who faints at the sight of blood, and a girl crying in the halls.
12) Pretty in pink
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
A poor girl falls in love with a rich guy, and it angers both their families and their friends.
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
The moment the Grace family moves into the dilapidated Spiderwick Estate, strange things begin to happen. Jared, a curious, adventurous boy, quickly seeks out and finds the hidden laboratory of his great great uncle Arthur Spiderwick. He unleashes a mysterious force when he locates a field guide full of the secrets of the magical creatures that inhabit the forest surrounding the mansion. His twin brother Simon is calm and reserved but is rapidly drawn...
Publisher
Lions Gate Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Brooklynite Piper Chapman, whose wild past comes back to haunt her and results in her arrest and detention in a federal penitentiary. To pay her debt to society, Piper trades her comfortable New York life for an orange prison jumpsuit and finds unexpected conflict and camaraderie amidst an eccentric group of inmates.
Publisher
Lions Gate Entertainment Inc
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
When the standoff at the prison turns into a full-blown riot, the inmates take advantage of the confusion by conducting séances, holding prisoner auctions, and preening for the morning news. But with relationships tested and friendships starting to fray, will life at Litchfield ever return to normal?
18) The nixie's song
Author
Series
Beyond the Spiderwick chronicles volume 1
Publisher
Simon and Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
700L
Language
English
Description
Eleven-year-old Nicholas Vargas only thinks his life has been turned upside down after his developer father remarries and moves his new wife and daughter into the soon-to-be completed Mangrove Hollow. But an "expedition" to a nearby lake turns up a little nixie with a giant problem--the huge, lumbering, fire-breathing variety--and it's up to Nick, his stepsister Laurie, and his big brother, Julian (plus a familiar face from the original Spiderwick...
19) The wyrm king
Author
Series
Beyond the Spiderwick chronicles volume 3
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
660L
Language
English
Description
Nick, Julie, Laurie, and their friends try to prevent a hydra from destroying Florida.
20) A giant problem
Author
Series
Beyond the Spiderwick chronicles volume 2
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
660L
Language
English
Description
As giants start waking up and destroying everything around their Florida neighborhood, Nick, Laurie, Jules, and Cindy work frantically to find a solution.