Sean Astin
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.3 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
1070L
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
Description
Jay Gatsby had once loved beautiful, spoiled Daisy Buchanan, then lost her to a rich boy. Now, mysteriously wealthy, he is ready to risk everything to woo her back. Bathtub gin, flappers and house parties that last all week enliven Fitzgerald's classic tale, a startling portrait of Gatsby's search for meaning in his opulent world.
3) Stay Cool
Series
Publisher
Shout Factory
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
An author who returns to his hometown to deliver a commencement address to a class of graduating high school students has to deal with his feelings for an old flame as well as the advances of a student who has the hots for him.
5) Hatched
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
When a spaceship crashes into the farmhouse, it's up to Cluck, Charlie and their pals to save the barnyard and perhaps the universe. After their new alien pal Magic is nabbed by the "fowlest" of villains; Angelina, calls the critters of the barnyard into action to save Magic and the farm's food supply.
Series
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Harmony Jones (Basinger) is a traveling cosmetic sales woman whose life is shaped by an early encounter with the King himself. That life takes an ugly turn when she inadvertently kills an Elvis Impersonator and flees the scene. On the run from the FBI, Harmony discovers to her horror that she suddenly has a knack for leaving dead Elvis performers in her wake. Her hopes for avoiding all things Elvis are dashed when a handsome man (Corbett) falls for...
Publisher
Pure Flix Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
A dozen souls, all moving in different directions, all longing for something more. As their lives unexpectedly intersect, they each are about to discover there is power in the Cross of Christ, even if they don't yet believe it. From the creators of God's not dead comes this stirring new film.
Series
Publisher
Samuel Goldwyn Films
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
A Musical Romance starring Academy Award Winner Marisa Tomei, Robert Carlyle and John Goodman that premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. Frank has been consumed by grief over his wife's death. But everything changes when he pulls over on a rural highway to help a dying stranger entangled in a car wreck. En route to fulfill a forty-year promise to his childhood sweetheart, the stranger shares a compelling tale of adolescent love replete with first...
Publisher
Funimation
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
In order to survive the cruel winter months, Ploey, a young flightless plover chick must take on a dangerous journey to find a legendary valley located in the heart of the highlands. While on his journey, he needs to stay hidden from the ever-watchful eyes of a ravenous falcon who has been terrorizing his family and friends for years. He realizes that the only way to save his loved ones is learning to fly and become the plover his father taught him...
10) Woodlawn
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
In 1973, a spiritual awakening captured the heart of nearly every player of the Woodlawn High School football team, including its coach Tandy Gerelds. Their dedication to love and unity in a school filled with racism and hate leads to the largest high school football game ever played in the torn city of Birmingham, Alabama, and the rise of its first African American superstar, Tony Nathan.
11) Rudy
Language
English
Formats
Description
True story about a young man whose dream has always been to play football for Notre Dame University. Because of his blue-collar background, nobody believes that he can even gain admittance to the school, and his small size will rule out football. But he confounds them all by entering the school and becoming a walk-on player for the team.
12) Moms' night out
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Formats
Description
All Allyson and her friends want is a peaceful, grown-up evening of dinner and conversation, a long-needed moms' night out. But in order to enjoy high heels, adult conversation, and food not served in a paper bag, they need their husbands to watch the kids for three hours - what could go wrong?
13) Memphis Belle
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
Based on a true story about the famous plane of World War II, the Flying Fortress, Memphis Belle is about the crew of one of the B-17s flying their last mission before they can go home to a hero's welcome.
14) Encino man
Publisher
Hollywood Pictures Home Video
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
When two high school buddies dig up a frozen caveman in their backyard and thaw him out, they figure he's their ticket to being cool, but the plan backfires when the newcomer turns everyday life upside down.
Publisher
Lions Gate Entertainment, Inc
Language
English
Formats
Description
When a young boy vanishes, a small town uncovers a mystery involving secret experiments, terrifying supernatural forces and one strange little girl. It's 1984 and the citizens of Hawkins, Indiana are still reeling from the horrors of the demagorgon and the secrets of Hawkins Lab. Will Byers has been rescued from the Upside Down but a bigger, sinister entity still threatens those who survived.
17) Hero mode
Publisher
Breaking Glass Pictures
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
With her indie video game business on the brink of bankruptcy. Kate throws a Hail Mary and puts Troy, her teenage coding genius son, in charge of creating a video game to save the company. It's a dream come true for Troy. But quite the opposite for the company's disgruntled coders and their rival CEO.
Publisher
distributed by Cinedigm Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"When Stan [Lee] stumbles upon seven aliens who have crash-landed in the desert, he soon finds himself swept up in their journey as a top-secret military force led by the ominous Mr. Cross and the evil reptilian Taegons close in on the group. ... Stan must show the Mighty 7 how to develop their powers and become Earth's newest team of superhero fighters"--Container.
19) Do you believe?
Publisher
Pure Flix
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
A dozen souls, all moving in different directions, all longing for something more. As their lives unexpectedly intersect, they each are about to discover there is power in the Cross of Christ, even if they don't yet believe it. From the creators of God's Not Dead comes this stirring new film.
A dozen souls, all moving in different directions, all longing for something more. As their lives unexpectedly intersect, they each are about to discover there...
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
In the early '60s, a sophisticated woman returns to her southern hometown and finds her options are limited. With the help of a Congressional ally, she inspires historic legislation that allows opportunities never before afforded to women.